Sciencedirect PDF downloads not working (Zotero 7)

adamsmith · May 25, 2023

Not sure if Zotero 7 is relevant here.
Debug ID: D1538009906
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923753421022146 (I used a proxied version in the logged attempt, but the PDF is freely available & download also fails without a proxy)

Quick look at the debug suggests that Zotero is doing everything right and constructing the right URL from the intermediate JS, but the process then times out for some reason.

poettli · May 25, 2023

Works for me on Zotero 7 Beta 5

adamsmith · May 25, 2023

Does browser matter? I tested with Firefox & Edge

adamsmith · May 25, 2023

@poettli -- you've checked it gets the PDF from elsevier and not the unpaywall version (it'd say "Science Direct Full Text PDF" for the former, just "Full Text" for the latter or you can check the attachment URL on the right).

I've tried changing the delay to 12000ms and that didn't help either

poettli · May 25, 2023

Firefox in my case, on macOS

AbeJellinek · May 25, 2023

Thanks, I can reproduce this. Looking into it.

AbeJellinek · May 25, 2023

OK, fix will be in the next beta. The issue was specific to Zotero 7.

poettli · May 25, 2023

I wonder why it worked for me with zotero 7

dstillman · May 26, 2023

New beta is out now.

adamsmith · May 26, 2023

Thanks -- working again.