Problem downloading pdf to local storage

[Glam1987]

Hi all! i was using puravidaapps file by file aia from Taifun in the following link to download pdf file to local storage

https://puravidaapps.com/filebyfile.php

however, my web pdf url look like this:-

http://www.tch938.com.hk/aimsreport/vegi.jsp?insp=7818&showComment=0&showPhoto=1&popup=true

it can be viewed from web after pasting the link into the broswer

and the pdf cannot be downloaded in the app as expected.

when i use another link from the net (https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef1710en.pdf), evn though is it larger in size and slower to load, it worked in the app.

i reckon it is because the first pdf was somehow generated (or the url end with "PDF"?) when i make the request so it is not ready for download.

I searched over the community but nothing seems similar to my case. Anythings i can do to resolve this issue. many thanks!

[TIMAI2]

The first link will try to open the pdf in a viewer, it is not a link to the file. Can you get a direct link to the file/s on that server ?

You may need to use a webviewer / custom webviewer extension in order to download.

The second link is to a completely different pdf ?

[Glam1987]

i cannot find the direct pdf link for:-
http://www.tch938.com.hk/aimsreport/vegi.jsp?insp=7818&showComment=0&showPhoto=1&popup=true

the second one is just a sample i found in the internet.

i tried webviewer but it wont display the content of the first link either.

i tried custom webviewer but i cannot even open the custom viewer itself successful using create webview, block attached. any sample aia file i can use?

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[vknow360]

Hi @Glam1987 ,
Check this:

Problem viewing web page on custom web view

Yes @carto_lover will have to set webview first before using any method. The flow is like below: Create WebView Set WebView (it makes the given webview active which will then execute the methods) Go To Url

Problem viewing web page on custom web view

Like so [image]

[Glam1987]

i tried but it wont work for both the following links.

http://www.tch938.com.hk/aimsreport/vegi.jsp?insp=7818&showComment=0&showPhoto=1&popup=true

ef1710en.pdf

Block attached.

it could show the pdf for the following path

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.tch938.com.hk/aimsreport/vegi.jsp?insp=7818&showComment=0&showPhoto=1&popup=true

however, someone it only show first 6 pages of the pdf. i believe it is because the "&showComment=0&showPhoto=1&popup=true" was mistaken up by google document viewer to be a script for google to interpret but not as part of the url.

[vknow360]

@Glam1987

i tried but it wont work for both the following links.

Are you talking about downloading file or viewing file?

[Glam1987]

Thanks vknow360. yes i should focus on downloading the pdf rather viewing.

and it worked!. block attached.