JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://raw.github.com/fancyapps/fancyBox/master/source/jquery.fancybox.pack.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://raw.github.com/fancyapps/fancyBox/master/source/jquery.fancybox.css">

JavaScript

var embed = $("<embed></embed>"),
    pdf_url = "http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/Zombies.pdf";

embed.attr('src', pdf_url);

$.fancybox.open(embed);