Overview

The Hybrid Viewing and PDF Viewing Package creation features reduce the overall server usage by enabling document rendering in the Viewer and the creation of much smaller viewing packages.

To take advantage of these features, PAS needs to be configured with a Metered License, Offline Metered License or OEM License (you can use the same license to configure both PrizmDoc Server and PAS). If you do not want to use these features, you do not need to install a license key in PAS. For more information on how to set up the license in the PAS configuration, see PAS Licensing, or see below.

NOTE: If you want to evaluate Hybrid Viewing, contact info@accusoft.com.

Requirements & Considerations

• You are required to use Metered Licensing, Offline Metered Licensing or OEM Licensing with PAS to enable the creation of PDF-only Viewing Packages and view them client-side using the Hybrid Viewing feature. You will need to set up a database for both creating and viewing the Viewing Package and tracking your Metered License or Offline Metered License usage.

• If you want to create the original, full Viewing Packages and view them with SVG viewing, then you do not need a license for PAS. However, a database is still required.

• If you are using the Hybrid Viewing feature and enabling a Content Security Policy, you will need to add the worker-src blob: parameter to the Content-Security-Policy tag.

Get Started with PAS Licensing & PDF Viewing Package Creation

Step 1: Set up the License

NOTE: A Metered License, Offline Metered License or OEM License is required for this feature.

1. Edit your pas.win.yml / pas.nix.yml

2. Set the License Key and Solution Name:

   license.key: YOUR_LICENSE_KEY
   license.solutionName: YOUR_SOLUTION_NAME
   
   

Step 2: Set up a Database

1. Use the PAS Configuring a Database page to configure a connection to your database, which is required for the Viewing Package feature.

2. Once you have set up the database, you should have something similar in your PAS config file as shown below:

   NOTE: The example below is for a MySQL database. Your code may look slightly different if you are using an SQL Server database.

   database.adapter: mysql
   database.connectionString: "mysql://dbUser:dbPassword@host.docker.internal:3306/dbName"
   
   

3. Edit your pas.win.yml / pas.nix.yml

4. Enable the Viewing Package feature by adding a line in the config:

   feature.viewingPackages: "enabled"
   
   

5. Use the Run Database Scripts topic to create the necessary tables in the database for the Viewing Package feature.

6. Your PAS is now ready to create Viewing Packages. The following steps will help you verify that everything is functioning properly.

Step 3: Verify that everything works by creating a Viewing Session from a Viewing Package

1. Create a PDF Viewing Package from the viewingPackageCreators endpoint in PAS. Note the packageType of pdf is how you indicate to PAS that you want a PDF Viewing Package.

   Example Request

   POST http://localhost:3000/v2/viewingPackageCreators
   
   Content-Type: application/json
   {
       "input": {
           "source": {
               "type": "document",
               "fileName": "PdfDemoSample.pdf",
               "documentId": "test-id-1",
               "packageType": "pdf"
           },
           "viewingPackageLifetime": 2592000
       }
   }
   
   

   Example Response

   200 OK
   
   Content-Type: application/json
   {
       "input": {
           "source": {
               "documentId": "test-id-1",
               "type": "document",
               "packageType": "pdf",
               "fileName": "PdfDemoSample.pdf"
           },
           "viewingPackageLifetime": 2592000
       },
       "expirationDateTime": "2022-11-14T20:39:31.000Z",
       "processId": "YOxF4JFiuaXjfsfNKga1iw",
       "state": "queued",
       "percentComplete": 0
   }
   
   

2. Wait for the viewing package creation to be complete by checking the percentComplete in the response to GET /v2/viewingPackageCreators.

   Example Request

   GET http://localhost:3000/v2/viewingPackageCreators/<your-process-id>
   
   

   Example Response

   200 OK
   
   Content-Type: application/json
   {
       "input": {
           "source": {
               "documentId": "test-id-1",
               "type": "document",
               "packageType": "pdf",
               "fileName": "PdfDemoSample.pdf"
           },
           "viewingPackageLifetime": 2592000
       },
       "expirationDateTime": "2022-11-14T20:40:28.000Z",
       "processId": "YOxF4JFiuaXjfsfNKga1iw",
       "state": "processing",
       "percentComplete": 100
   }
   
   

3. Now create a Viewing Session using the documentId from the previous step, again setting the allowedClientFileFormats to ['pdf'] and packageType to pdf.

   Example Request

   POST http://localhost:3000/ViewingSession
   
   Content-Type: application/json
   {
       "source": {
           "type": "upload",
           "displayName": "PdfDemoSample.pdf",
           "documentId": "test-id-1",
           "packageType": "pdf"
       },
       "allowedClientFileFormats": ["pdf"]
   }
   
   

   Example Response

   200 OK
   
   Content-Type: application/json
   {
       "viewingSessionId":
       "ceDKddC6Lx6vYMyzmRhVl0xoDsxHlPHHQQUMsNqs1YeXLiwX-5NNBjmHy0SITQdTbliB8J_y5Inn5BvBG460Sg"
   }
   
   

Next Steps

• To set up a viewer for your viewing session, follow the instructions in Create On-Demand Viewing Packages.