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The document is a question posted on Stack Overflow asking how to open a random PDF file from a folder using HTML coding. The question details that the website is coded in HTML and contains PDF recipe files numbered 1-15. The top answer provides a JavaScript code snippet that generates a random number between 1-15, sets the source of an embed element to the random number plus .pdf, and appends it to the body on page load.

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The document is a question posted on Stack Overflow asking how to open a random PDF file from a folder using HTML coding. The question details that the website is coded in HTML and contains PDF recipe files numbered 1-15. The top answer provides a JavaScript code snippet that generates a random number between 1-15, sets the source of an embed element to the random number plus .pdf, and appends it to the body on page load.

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04/01/23, 12:19 open random pdf file from folder with coding (HTML main code used) - Stack

TML main code used) - Stack Overflow

open random pdf file from folder with coding (HTML main code
used)
Asked 2 years, 4 months ago Modified 2 years, 4 months ago Viewed 194 times

I have made this website where I collect recipes I can eat.

0 I would like to add a 'random' feature, where one of the recipes opens and I don't have to
chose what to eat.

My knowlege of coding is limit (like a year of highschool making a HTML website limited) but I
do now it has to be possible. I also learned very briefly about a random number generator
option in PHP and Javascript.

The website is coded with HTML and Notepad++.

The files are all pdf typed and like this, '1.pdf' '2.pdf'

html file pdf random randomaccessfile

Share Improve this question Follow asked Aug 12, 2020 at 11:53
janneke
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some research, search for related topics on SO; if you get stuck, post a minimal reproducible example of
your attempt, noting input and expected output using the [<>] snippet editor. – mplungjan Aug 12,
2020 at 11:57

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You mean something like

0 <script>
const max = 15; // the largest number in your PDF filename
const min = 1;
const rnd = Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1) + min);
const pdf = document.createElement("embed");
pdf.width="800px"; // or what you want
pdf.height="2100px";
pdf.src=rnd+".pdf"
window.addEventListener("load",function() {
document.body.appendChild(pdf);
});
</script>

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