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Aleksandar Bijelic's avatar
Aleksandar Bijelic
Copper Contributor
Feb 14, 2019

Download (Save) PDF file directly from browser to sharepoint

Is there a way to save PDF files directly to sharepoint or i have to download it first and then upload it from my pc to sharepoint? I have some fillable PDF forms on some other site that i would like to save on sharepoint. Is there maybe some chrome extension?

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  • Robin Nilsson's avatar
    Robin Nilsson
    Bronze Contributor
    Feb 14, 2019

    I create a transfer folder in OneDrive and save my files there. Then I've got a Flow that automatically runs that copies the file to a specific location in SharePoint.

    • Michal777's avatar
      Michal777
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 11, 2022

      Robin Nilsson Please tell me more about this. It's driving me crazy that I cannot open a PDF from my browser and then save it to my organization sharepoint library (without first downloading locally and uploading)!

  • ChrisWebbTech's avatar
    ChrisWebbTech
    MVP
    Feb 14, 2019
    If you open the files in adobe itself there is a online or cloud service tab that can utilize SharePoint online. Just set this up for someone the other day.

    You could also sync the SharePoint library and save direct from any save as file dialog as well.
    • Aleksandar Bijelic's avatar
      Aleksandar Bijelic
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 15, 2019

      ChrisWebbTech Second option seems interesting, do i have to use some kind of extension to do that? If not, could you explain me how to do it a little bit more?  
      I don't think that the first option is what i need, because i would like to do everything online and in order to use upload from adobe i would have to download file to pc and then upload it, right?

       

      Robin Nilsson How do you save files directly to onedrive?

      • Robin Nilsson's avatar
        Robin Nilsson
        Bronze Contributor
        Feb 15, 2019

        In Outlook theres a dropdown on each attachment that says ‘upload’, also in the ribbon, and those end up in a folder called ‘attachments” in my main one drive folder. We are still on premise exchange.  This is on Win10, and I’ve got OneDrive synching to my PC. I manually move then to another folder that has my Flow hooked up to it. I traded a little manual work for a simpler flow that didn’t have to make too many decisions. To orrow when i get into work I’ll post a pic.

         

         But you were taking from a browser. Since i have the sync client running my onedrive folders show up in File Explorer 

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