Add Preview for Pdfs

[ishaanxgupta]

The current implementation does not have a preview option for pdfs when selected for upload.

Tasks:-

1. Add a proper preview for pdfs or view the pdf by downloading.
2. Short pic of the pdf should also appear just like images.

[ishaanxgupta]

@pradeeban @mdxabu,
If this bug needs to be solved, Please assign this issue to me

[01bps]

Hi @ishaanxgupta ,
I saw the issue with PDF previews, and I’d love to help! Here, we can use pdf2image to convert the first page of a PDF into a thumbnail and serve it like an image for preview. This way, PDFs will have thumbnails just like images. Let me know if this approach works, and I’d be happy to assist in implementing it!

[ishaanxgupta]

Hi @ishaanxgupta , I saw the issue with PDF previews, and I’d love to help! Here, we can use pdf2image to convert the first page of a PDF into a thumbnail and serve it like an image for preview. This way, PDFs will have thumbnails just like images. Let me know if this approach works, and I’d be happy to assist in implementing it!

Hi @01bps, i think pdf2image will not work because they have pre-requisites of Poppler, which will make this functionality complex.

[01bps]

Hi @ishaanxgupta , I saw the issue with PDF previews, and I’d love to help! Here, we can use pdf2image to convert the first page of a PDF into a thumbnail and serve it like an image for preview. This way, PDFs will have thumbnails just like images. Let me know if this approach works, and I’d be happy to assist in implementing it!

Hi @01bps, i think pdf2image will not work because they have pre-requisites of Poppler, which will make this functionality complex.

I don’t think Poppler generally makes any functionality complex.
But in case it’s becoming too complex , we can always explore other approaches that work best for us.

[ishaanxgupta]

Hi @ishaanxgupta , I saw the issue with PDF previews, and I’d love to help! Here, we can use pdf2image to convert the first page of a PDF into a thumbnail and serve it like an image for preview. This way, PDFs will have thumbnails just like images. Let me know if this approach works, and I’d be happy to assist in implementing it!

Hi @01bps, i think pdf2image will not work because they have pre-requisites of Poppler, which will make this functionality complex.

I don’t think Poppler generally makes any functionality complex. But in case it’s becoming too complex , we can always explore other approaches that work best for us.

Yes, i researched and found another library, PyMuPDF, This works great and implemented both the tasks, will raise PR by evening