Can't save PDFs from Newspapers.com

jeholton · March 12, 2025

[Split from Zotero is not saving PDFs from ScienceDirect]

I've been downloading PDFs of newspaper clippings for historical research quite readily from Newspapers.com until recently, when I have begun having the same difficulty with saving PDFs to Zotero. I'm not even getting the endless CAPTCHA loops. Help!

dstillman · March 12, 2025

(Please start new threads for new issues — the thread you posted to is specifically about ScienceDirect and isn't related. I've moved this to a new thread.)

We always need an example URL for problems with saving.

DCBaker_MJ · 2025-04-14T01:38:31+00:00

I am having this same problem with Newspapers.com. It saves an image, but no longer a PDF. Here is the Debug ID: D896679580. Here is the error message:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u6650656/39fe8hudjnf7c5wbxq6d.png

adomasven · 2025-04-14T06:20:44+00:00

Could you submit a Debug ID from Zotero instead of Zotero Connector?

DonnaCoxBaker · 2025-04-15T04:56:28+00:00

Here is the image:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u420465/xe6tq221alwptorgfbl7.png

The URL is
https://www.newspapers.com/article/jacksonville-republican-land-for-sale/170348833/

The Zotero Debug ID is D1807611167.

AbeJellinek · 2025-04-15T15:30:53+00:00

Thanks. We can't get PDFs anymore, unfortunately. Newspapers.com now uses the image (which we were already downloading) to build a PDF in your browser. I've removed the PDF attachment so it won't show an error every time. Your Zotero Connector should auto-update within a few minutes, or you can update translators manually from the Advanced pane of the Zotero settings.