REACT PDF: Cannot use the packages to show static PDF file - reactjs

Question

I am trying to show a static pdf in React app. I have tried a lot of packages:
react-pdf
react-pdf-js
react-pdf-js-infinite
simple-react-pdf
pdfjs-dist
react-pdf-pages
They often say that we can use the URL, or pdf file for the props for the PDF component easily, but I cannot use either.
I had two main errors.
As I want to use myPDF for the props for the component, I write this:
import myPDF from 'path/to/pdf_file';
then, render_some_component pdf:{myPDF}
Here is the error:
ModuleParseError in
Module parse failed: Unexpected token (1:0)
You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type.
(Source code omitted for this binary file)
(When I comment that line, this kind of error disappears)
I used the file-loader in webpack config, I have tried many different ways but failed.
I use the pdf file directly for the props like this:
render_some_component pdf:{'path/to/pdf_file'}
In the Console:
Warning: Setting up fake worker.
11:23:55.962 pdf.worker.js:349 Warning: Ignoring invalid character "33" in hex string
11:23:55.963 pdf.worker.js:349 Warning: Ignoring invalid character "79" in hex string
...
There are a lot of 'Ignoring invalid character' like that and it always ends with:
localhost/:1 Uncaught (in promise) InvalidPDFException {name: "InvalidPDFException", message: "Invalid PDF structure"}
In the Network, Headers, I see:
Request URL:http://localhost:3000/myPdfFile.pdf
Request Method:GET
Status Code:200 OK
Remote Address:127.0.0.1:3000
but In the Network, Response, I see just the HTML layout.
I think the pdf file is loaded correctly but the package cannot recognize its PDF structure.
Except that two main errors, I had another error related to the Worker used in the packages but I don't know how to fix it:
Uncaught DOMException: Failed to construct 'Worker'
(This is something relates to Chrome as people say Chrome does not allow Worker in the local server)
Any help is highly appreciated as I am stuck in this in 4 days already.

Answer 1

Can you pleas clarify what you main task is?
If I understood it right you want to display a PDF file that already exists in a part of your application? You don't want to create a new PDF with JavaScript.
If you want to just show a PDF have you tried to use iframe?
Something like this:
<iframe
title="file"
style={{ width: '100%', height: '100%' }}
src={downloadURL}
/>
You ca use here also relative paths to the file from the location where your Component is or use full URLs to the file.