# Glide Not Opening URL PDF

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-not-opening-url-pdf/79205>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [January 15, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-not-opening-url-pdf/79205 "2025-01-15T06:30:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![A\_Connor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/a_connor/32/85874_2.png) [@A\_Connor](https://community.glideapps.com/u/A_Connor)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-not-opening-url-pdf/79205/1 "2025-01-15T06:30:46Z")

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Glide is not downloading/opening a PDF file correctly from a URL internal storage. I click to open the URL it runs straight to the download folder then unable to recognise file type? it use to open into a webpage? any help in appreciated.

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**Author:** ![MaximeBaker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/maximebaker/32/80877_2.png) [@MaximeBaker](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MaximeBaker)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-not-opening-url-pdf/79205/2 "2025-01-15T11:05:02Z")

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> [@A\_Connor](#):
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> it runs straight to the download folder then unable to recognise file type

What do you mean by it runs straight to the download folder?

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**Author:** ![A\_Connor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/a_connor/32/85874_2.png) [@A\_Connor](https://community.glideapps.com/u/A_Connor)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-not-opening-url-pdf/79205/3 "2025-01-15T21:17:26Z")

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Hi Maxime,

I figured out the issue. I was using DocsAutomator to parse data and create a PDF and for a strange reason if file name was set the same as the URL name it was downloading the file to the computer without the name and in an unrecognised format. until i renamed the file with .pdf it converted it back to a recognisable PDF. Once i changed the file name to be something else it began opening back in the web browser (googleapi). Unsure as to why but it fixed the issue.

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**Author:** ![MaximeBaker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/maximebaker/32/80877_2.png) [@MaximeBaker](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MaximeBaker)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-not-opening-url-pdf/79205/4 "2025-01-15T21:40:40Z")

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Glad to hear!

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-not-opening-url-pdf/79205/5 "2025-01-16T00:28:59Z")

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> [@A\_Connor](#):
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> until i renamed the file with .pdf it converted it back to a recognisable PDF

This is an important point: Glide likes you to add the extension to the file name. I’ve gone down this road before.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-not-opening-url-pdf/79205/6 "2025-01-23T00:29:42Z")

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