Server a static pdf - Vue CLI - Webpack - issue - pdf

Question

I build a little front thanks to VueCLI (+ Vuetify).
I wanted to render a button where onClick open a new tab with a pdf located in the folder's tree of the project.
I have an error and after hours looking why, it's seems to be a webpack conf to modify.
I finally read this answer on S/O ; Serving static pdf with react webpack file loader
But I got an error saying include: paths -> paths is not defined
I have to admit that I have no clue how webpack works behind the scene so any help would be find.

Answer 1

You probably don't need Webpack for this: you can just put it in your static folder and link to it pdf. If you want to go the Webpack route, put it in your src/assets directory and import it and add it to data object:
import pdf from '../assets/mypdf.pdf'
//...
data: () => ({ pdf })
//...
Then use the link in your component:
<a :href="pdf">pdf</a>
You probably added include: paths to the loader config but you didn't define it, instead of modifying your image loader, add a new one for PDFs:
{
test: /\.(pdf)(\?.*)?$/,
loader: 'url-loader',
options: {
name: utils.assetsPath('[name].[hash:7].[ext]')
}
}
You can change [name].[hash:7].[ext] if you want, say you want to add a pdfs directory in assets instead of using the base assets directory you would use: pdfs/[name].[hash:7].[ext]