Not downloading pdf from ScienceDirect and AIP

Henrik Andersen

Hi
I am using Zotero standalone 4.0.3 and Zotero Connector 3.0.8.1 in Chrome. I use a proxy via my university libproxy1.nus.edu.sg.
I have the option to download the pdf to my harddrive (directly to dropbox is freaking brilliant!)
My problem is that when I try to download from Sciencedirect or AIP, don't get the pdf. I do get the entry in zotero, but only a snapshot.

Is there a solution to this?

Best
Henrik

adamsmith

please post sample URLs as you see them

Henrik Andersen

http://www.sciencedirect.com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/science/article/pii/S0263224109002681

http://rsi.aip.org.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/resource/1/rsinak/v64/i7/p1868_s1

adamsmith

sorry, both sites won't attach PDFs from the connectors (if you care about the technical details: PDF attachments from different domains aren't possible via the connectors because of security restrictions).

Both will work with Firefox.

stevepolly

is this something that can be fixed in the future Zotero update or is it an inherent issue with how how Chrome manages security with extensions (but not Firefox)?

adamsmith

What I write above isn't 100% accurate - PDFs from these sites aren't possible to download with connectors when a proxy is used.
On campus or via VPN they should work (and do for me).
That's also the case when you use Firefox in connector mode, i.e. with Standalone open, so this isn't a difference between Chrome and Firefox, but rather due to the fact that Zotero can handle proxies in a more sophisticated way in the Firefox add-on than in the connectors.

Improving proxy handling in the connectors is generally planned, but my understanding is that it's pretty substantial - it wouldn't just be a "fix" but the addition of the entire proxy redirection functionality to the connectors.