Message API/docs/components/files/overview
Overview
Understand the file lifecycle: upload, manage tabs, inspect metadata, and export.
File workflows connect your host application to the viewer session state.
- Upload documents with a view payload.
- Sync active tabs and file lists from the viewer.
- Read file metadata for UI panels and audits.
- Export the current session with markups applied.
File Upload
Load a document into the viewer.
File Management
Sync tabs and active files.
File Info
Read metadata for the active file.
File Export
Generate a downloadable snapshot.
Page List
Render page thumbnails and selection state from viewer events.
Page Selection
Navigate the active file by page index or page number.
Jump into the workflow you need.
Keep your file workflows aligned with viewer setup and API references.
- Viewer Setup: Canvas Iframe Initialization
- File API: API References
- Annotation API: API References