Leverage Unkey’s short-lived keys to grant temporary access to digital content (e.g., e-books, videos, or streams), expiring after a set duration.

Many platforms lack simple time-based access controls or rely on complex, time-consuming setups. Unkey offers a quick, dynamic solution for trial versions, short-term access, or educational content management.

Ideal for educational platforms, research papers, and subscription-based news services.

• Security: Content remains server-side, with access controlled by expiring API keys.
• Control: Easily revoke or limit access by managing key lifespans.
• Scalability: Suited for serverless or distributed systems.

This demo provides time-limited access to specific pages of a PDF, without allowing full downloads. Each page request is authenticated with Unkey, ensuring access is controlled and expires as needed. The app streams individual PDF pages as users navigate through them.

1. Go to /settings/root-keys and click on the "Create New Root Key" button.
2. Enter a name for the key.
3. Select the following workspace permissions: create_key, read_key, encrypt_key and decrypt_key.
4. Click "Create".

1. Go to https://app.unkey.com/apis and click on the "Create New API" button.
2. Give it a name.
3. Click "Create".

1. Clone the repository

git clone [email protected]:unrenamed/unkey-pdf-view
cd unkey-pdf-view

2. Install the dependencies

pnpm install

3. Create a .env or .env.local file and add the following:

UNKEY_ROOT_KEY=your-root-key
UNKEY_EBOOK_API_ID=your-ebook-api-id

4. Start the server

pnpm dev

5. Open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000