Problem :
In Chrome, when I enter a URL to a PDF file, usually the browser’s Save dialog opens to save the PDF file to my hard disk, for example:
http://www.pdf995.com/samples/pdf.pdf
Now I have found a PDF URL where this, unfortunately, does not work:
https://formulare.bmf.gv.at/service/formulare/inter-Steuern/pdfd/2015/U1a.pdf
With this PDF URL, no Save dialog is opened and the binary text of this PDF is shown in the browser:
Why is this and how can I make it download automatically when I click the URL?
OS: Windows 7 x64 SP1
Solution :
Why is this and how can I download this PDF file?
The website is broken and is not serving PDF files correctly. Contact webmaster@bmf.gv.at.
Using the Firefox developer tools (press f12, select “Net”, then select “All” we can see the response and request headers:
Content-Disposition inline;filename=U1a.pdf
The above tells the browser to serve the page content inline:
In a regular HTTP response, the Content-Disposition response header is a header indicating if the content is expected to be displayed inline in the browser, that is, as a Web page or as part of a Web page, or as an attachment, that is downloaded and saved locally.
You can open the PDF by saving the page locally and opening the PDF:
the easiest way out here which is mention in this link is
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- Go to chrome://plugins.
- Under “Chrome PDF Viewer,” click Enable PDF viewing.