I think you want something like this: https://stackblitz.com/edit/vitejs-vite-am1zcjhp?file=src%2Fpdf-util.ts

The thing you are looking for is forward ref, it comes from react. Rest is pure js or some third party library.

Here are some resource: https://react.dev/reference/react/forwardRef

NB: it is being depracated