Docsify PDF Embed Plugin

A simple plugin for embedding PDF in Docsify with the use of PDFObject.js

Simple Installation:

To use, simply put these 2 lines below where you import the docsify.min.js file.

<!-- PDFObject.js is a required dependency of this plugin -->
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/pdfobject/2.1.1/pdfobject.min.js"></script> 
<!-- This is the source code of the pdf embed plugin -->
<script src="path-to-file/docsify-pdf-embed.js"></script>
<!-- or use this if you are not hosting the file yourself -->
<script src="//unpkg.com/docsify-pdf-embed-plugin/src/docsify-pdf-embed.js"></script>

Then, whenever you want to embed a PDF, type the following in the .md file that you want to put in:

### Here are some of your previous markdown contents
blah blah blah
 
​```pdf
    path-to-the-pdf-file
​```

Remarks for users who have defined custom markdown parsing rules:

If you have custom parsing rules for code section of the markdown file (shown below), then you need to follow the next section.

window.$docsify = {
    name: 'some name',
    repo: 'some git repository',
    homepage: 'some_homepage.md',
    notFoundPage: 'some_404_page.md',
    markdown: {
 	//If you have defined the follow section, 
        //then you need to follow the steps in the next section.
        //(only the code section matters in this plugin)
        /* SECTION START
        	
            code: function(code, lang){
            	some custom functions here
            	return some_custom_results;
            }
        	
        SECTION END */
    }
}

Quick fix for the above problem:

Put the block of code inside the code: function(code, lang){ //put it here } (the part that is mentioned above). Then put your previously defined custom parsing rules for markdown code section in the section mentioned in the comment block below.

var renderer_func = function(code, lang, base=null) { 
    var pdf_renderer = function(code, lang, verify) {
        function unique_id_generator(){
            function rand_gen(){
                return Math.floor((Math.random()+1) * 65536).toString(16).substring(1);
            }
            return rand_gen() + rand_gen() + '-' + rand_gen() + '-' + rand_gen() + '-' + rand_gen() + '-' + rand_gen() + rand_gen() + rand_gen();
        }
        if(lang && !lang.localeCompare('pdf', 'en', {sensitivity: 'base'})){
            if(verify){
                return true;
            }else{
                var divId = "markdown_code_pdf_container_" + unique_id_generator().toString();
                var container_list = new Array();
                if(localStorage.getItem('pdf_container_list')){
                    container_list = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('pdf_container_list'));	
                }
                container_list.push({"pdf_location": code, "div_id": divId});
                localStorage.setItem('pdf_container_list', JSON.stringify(container_list));
                return (
                    '<div style="margin-top:'+ PDF_MARGIN_TOP +'; margin-bottom:'+ PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM +';" id="'+ divId +'">'
                        + '<a href="'+ code + '"> Link </a> to ' + code +
                    '</div>'
                );
            } 
        }
        return false;
    }
    if(pdf_renderer(code, lang, true)){
       return pdf_renderer(code, lang, false);
    }
    /* SECTION START: Put other custom code rendering functions here
        i.e. If the language of the code block is LaTex, 
        put the code below to replace original code block with the text: 
        'Using LaTex is much better than handwriting!' inside a div container.
 
        if (lang == "latex") {
            return ('<div class="container">Using LaTex is much better than handwriting!</div>');
        }
 
    SECTION END */
    return (base ? base : this.origin.code.apply(this, arguments));
}

Congrats! Now you have PDF embedding functionality for your use cases of Docsify.

Acknowledgement:

Thanks to njleonzhang's Docsify edit on GitHub plugin for being an inspiration