How to download protected pdf from google drive

Recently Google made a changes to their policy so that now users can not download view only pdf file from Google Drive. But now we bring you a simple JavaScript Code by using which, you can download any view only protected pdf file from Google Drive. Open the view only pdf file in Google Drive in new window 2. Scroll to the bottom of the file so that every page will render 3.

Open developer Tools on separate windows by pressing F12 and select Console Tab 4. Paste the following code in the console tab. Suppose you like download those files and save them locally then without a hack you cannot achieve.

Don't worry guys I will help you. In this article, I will be explaining to you how to download protected view-only files from google drive. You can easily check whether files are view-only files for this just preview the file and hover your mouse cursor then at the top you will find no download button and print features are disabled as shown below.

Also, click on the 3 dots located at the top right corner. Then click on Details. Open or Preview Any view-only or protected files from google drive. If you are previewing in Google Chrome or Firefox. If you are previewing in Microsoft Edge. If you are previewing in Apple Safari.

Then you will find yourself inside the developer tools. So, if you want a high-quality pdf then try zooming out the pdf and then apply from steps 2 and below. Technical Concept:. Warning: For educational purposes only. Note that it may take a long time for downloading if the size of the pdf is large because each page in the pdf is generated in the form of an image.

Also, it doesn't guarantee the content quality of pdf remains the same. On-page load each Image tag on the page is search, and. Else if found: then with the help of Canvas those images are created with the drawImage function and here we are creating images in JPEG format and later these images are added back to pdf instance by addImage function. After that, with the help of addPage new page is created and the same repeats until reaching the end of the page and finally pdf is downloaded.