Save to Zotero as a PDF
When I open a website and want to save the pdf to Zotero, I only find the button Save to Zotero (webpage with/without snapshot) and I can save the pdf neither in Google Chrome nor Firefox, even if I open a PDF in the browser, and I've tried to reinstall the addon in Firefox. Is there a way to fix it?
Does this happen on this PDF?
Can you provide a Debug ID from the Zotero Connector for loading (not saving) a PDF and getting the webpage icon?
Yes, I have the Zotero open and the Debug ID from the Zotero Connector is D968218044 when I try to save a PDF on the website. I can't see the option as "Save to Zotero (PDF)".
This is also the case when I try to save the PDF you provided. In the dropdown menu, I clicked Zotero Connector-Save to Zotero, then there was no further option. However, after downloading this PDF on my computer, I selected "this PDF" with a right mouth click, I saw Zotero Connector-Save to Zotero-Save to Zotero (PDF). Then I clicked this, the red cross appeared in the Zotero Connector, and for this error the Debug ID in Zotero is D662178420.
I am not sure how I judge whether the Zotero could detect the PDF on the webpage. In my case, the PDF is normally converted to a hyperlink on the webpage and when I click it, the file will be downloaded automatically. But seemingly the Zotero connector is unable to detect the PDF.
To test whether the "Save to Zotero (PDF)" runs smoothly, I also drag a PDF in my computer to the browser and click the save button in the toolbar, but there are only two options as Save to Zotero (Web page with/without snapshot).
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
Does that open in your browser or does it download?
Local PDFs (i.e. ones that are opened from your disk rather than from the web) cannot be saved from the browser. If the URL doesn't start with http or https, Zotero can't save from the browser.
I found that if I first click the hyperlink to download that PDF on the webpage, Zotero would recognize the PDF since the button in the toolbar would turn to "Save to Zotero (PDF)“. Then when I try to click the button and save PDF to zotero, the tooltip says, "Saving failed. Is Zotero running?". I follow the guideline in https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/connector_zotero_unavailable and it displays "Zotero Connector Server is Available".
However, except for the situation above, there is no PDF icon for "Save to Zotero" in my browser.