Download protected pdf files from url

Recently Google made a changes to their policy so that now users can not download view only pdf file from Google Drive. But now we bring you a simple JavaScript Code by using which, you can download any view only protected pdf file from Google Drive.

Open the view only pdf file in Google Drive in new window 2. I am assuming you have permission and are not breaking any laws. Update Another way is to disable the PDF viewer in the browser this is unlikely to work for the website in your question but may work for other websites.

Improve this answer. Dave Dave 25k 10 10 gold badges 50 50 silver badges 67 67 bronze badges. Hi Dave, in the section Elements, where did you find the link krishikosh. I opened all subsections in the Elements section, but I don't see that. It is in there GennaroArguzzi : — Dave. Disabling the browser's PDF viewer is clever.

But in this case, the viewer is something built into the web site rather than the local viewer. Thanks — Dave. Add a comment. Jun Folledo Jun Folledo Fitzroy Hogsflesh Fitzroy Hogsflesh Tech One Tech One 1 2 2 bronze badges. How is Git relevant to this answer? Joseph, Thanks for pointing that out. Have edited my answer on what is to be done in git.

Git is used to run the download command script. I need help to figure out how i can download file such as PDF from a website that has no such option to download that PDF, is there a way i can do it?.

Thanks in advance and looking forward for an answer from the community, and thanks for the support.!!! Right click on the link. Otherwise, what browser do you have? Do you see the PDF in the browser or in another app?

My concern is how i do to revert this and be able to download it even if there is no such option. There's no such thing as a PDF file that can be viewed but can't be downloaded. If you can see it, you've already downloaded it to your computer, if only as a temporary file.

So you need to either find a way to save it by right-clicking the link to it, as mentioned above, for example , or to find the path of the temporary file where it was saved to, and copy it from there. I just attached an image of what i can see from my browser, as you can see, there is no option where i can download this PDF and when i right click on it, there is no such option that allow me to download it. Can you tell me how to solve this please. So, That is not a PDF. What makes you say that it is?

In fact, that is a chrome browser. When i said " i do see the PDF in the browser ", i didnt mean i use chrome PDF viewer nor any type of app to see it, instead it literally means that the PDF is showed in my browser which in fact is chrome, dunno if this is understandable. It's a little hard for me to explain it if you didnt understand.

Go to the Page Source and search for ". Copy the link to the browser's URL field, or use a downloader to get the file. Hey man did you solved this problem. Can you share the solution. I'm facing the same problem,i eant to download the pdf but i cant. Please can you help. The document can only be scrolled up and down but not able to download the doc I think downloading is locked. If this is really a PDF file, then viewing it requires downloading it.

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