- Open the document in Google Docs
- Scroll to the bottom of the document, so all the pages are present
- Open Developer Tools on separate window and choose the Console tab
- Paste the code
- Have fun!
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| let jspdf = document.createElement("script"); | |
| jspdf.onload = function () { | |
| let pdf = new jsPDF(); | |
| let elements = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); | |
| for (let i in elements) { | |
| let img = elements[i]; | |
| console.log("add img ", img); | |
| if (!/^blob:/.test(img.src)) { | |
| console.log("invalid src"); | |
| continue; | |
| } | |
| let can = document.createElement('canvas'); | |
| let con = can.getContext("2d"); | |
| can.width = img.width; | |
| can.height = img.height; | |
| con.drawImage(img, 0, 0); | |
| let imgData = can.toDataURL("image/jpeg", 1.0); | |
| pdf.addImage(imgData, 'JPEG', 0, 0); | |
| pdf.addPage(); | |
| } | |
| pdf.save("download.pdf"); | |
| }; | |
| jspdf.src = 'https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jspdf/1.5.3/jspdf.debug.js'; | |
| document.body.appendChild(jspdf); |
amazing, it completely worked very awesome! Many thank bro!!1
I've created a script that better handles orientation and is fully documented. I tested it and it works perfectly. Just make sure to render all pages in full resolution before downloading. You can do that by zooming in and scrolling through each page until they all load at full resolution. The PDF is downloaded as a set of images so text and table recognition and autofill will not work. If your PDF viewer has OCR, copying text may work but it will probably be buggy. And obviously this is for educational purposes only and should not be used to infringe on any copyright or do anything illegal.
https://github.com/karimelmasry42/google-drive-view-only-pdf-downloader
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amazing!!! worked well for me!