Example: Customize error renderer

From v1.6.0, you can use a custom error renderer if the viewer can't load the document by using the renderError option. It is a function that takes a LoadError parameter and returns an element.

Important note

There's a problem with the minified version of pdf.js' worker v2.5.207. It doesn't throw the exception properly if you use the following worker:

// Does NOT work
<Worker workerUrl="https://unpkg.com/pdfjs-dist@2.5.207/build/pdf.worker.min.js">
  ...
</Worker>

The unminified version works:

// Work
<Worker workerUrl="https://unpkg.com/pdfjs-dist@2.5.207/build/pdf.worker.js">
  ...
</Worker>

The LoadError type consists of two properties:

• message which indicates the error message
• name which indicates the name of exception

The name property can take one of the values below:

• AbortException
• FormatError
• InvalidPDFException
• MissingPDFException
• PasswordException
• UnexpectedResponseException
• UnknownErrorException

By relying on the name property, you can customize the error message as well.

import { LoadError, Viewer } from '@react-pdf-viewer/core';

const renderError = (error: LoadError) => {
    let message = '';
    switch (error.name) {
        case 'InvalidPDFException':
            message = 'The document is invalid or corrupted';
            break;
        case 'MissingPDFException':
            message = 'The document is missing';
            break;
        case 'UnexpectedResponseException':
            message = 'Unexpected server response';
            break;
        default:
            message = 'Cannot load the document';
            break;
    }

    return (
        <div
            style={{
                alignItems: 'center',
                display: 'flex',
                height: '100%',
                justifyContent: 'center'
            }}
        >
            <div
                style={{
                    backgroundColor: '#e53e3e',
                    borderRadius: '0.25rem',
                    color: '#fff',
                    padding: '0.5rem',
                }}
            >
                {message}
            </div>
        </div>
    );
};

<Viewer
    fileUrl={fileUrl}
    renderError={renderError}
/>

(The sample code)