ScienceDirect translator fails to download PDFs

mark
For a long time now it has been the case that the ScienceDirect translator doesn't download PDFs. Is there a technical reason for this?

The PDF url is messy and encodes a user id and md5 hash and loads of other stuff, but when I go to it directly it does immediately download the PDF, so it seems nothing should stand in the way of simply grabbing it.

This holds for all ScienceDirect articles as far as I know. Here's an example: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VB6-3SX80VJ-3/2/58ce016314a6fe89018ffea4239a4ab0
  • Szabolcs
    I wanted to ask about the same thing. It has been broken for quite some time now. (Perhaps because of a website update?)
  • ajlyon
    I'll see what the translator hackers have to say about this and get back to you. It does look simple enough.
  • ajlyon
    The PDF logic was in the translator, but it seems that it has been broken for time immemorial. The updated translator that now saves PDFs is in Zotero SVN (https://www.zotero.org/trac/changeset/6932).

    It will hopefully get pushed to users soon. Otherwise, you can download it and put it in the translators directory of your Zotero data directory and the translator will start working.
  • dstillman
    The updated ScienceDirect translator is now available. I've also disabled the icon for search-results mode, which doesn't work currently. Your copy of Zotero should auto-update within 24 hours, or you can update manually by clicking Update Now in the General pane of the Zotero prefs.

    Thanks to ajlyon for the fix.
  • mark
    Thanks! I wish I'd asked sooner!
  • thomaslecocq
    Super !!! Thanks so much !
  • adamsmith
    Dan, ajlyon - any reason the search results are still disabled? I tried re-enabling them and it works fine for me.
  • ajlyon
    Fixed and pushed. I don't know why they were disabled either, but they certainly do work.
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