Failure to download PDFs from Scholar web pages in qiqqa Browser (not Sniffer) with probably wrong mime type from server

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Failure to download PDFs from Scholar web pages in qiqqa Browser (not Sniffer) with probably wrong mime type from server #239

Open GerHobbelt opened 3 years ago

GerHobbelt commented 3 years ago

Sample URL which fails:

http://52.74.19.76:81/index.php/IJALIS/article/download/48/38

Note that this one, when fetched with MS Edge browser, produces a TXT file (!sic!) which upon inspection turns out be (binary) PDF file, so the mime type and/or headers are definitely wrong with that site/URL.

Way to reproduce: Google Scholar search for Qiqqa Manual and then leaf through their results until you find this one: