Inconsistent PDF URLs returned from SharePoint query web service

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Inconsistent PDF URLs returned from SharePoint query web service

I'm searching a SharePoint server through web services. When the web services return Word/Excel/PowerPoint documents, they contain links to the actual files, e.g. http://server/site/mydoc.doc. When the web services return PDF documents, they contain links to pages that link to the PDF document, e.g. http://server/site/DispForm.aspx?ID=1 which would contain a link to http://server/site/mydoc.pdf. I've tried _vti_bin/search.asmx with actions Query and QueryEx with no luck. What is the best way to get a link to the actual document so my app can download it?

Unfortunately, I'm using a large, shared SharePoint installation, and it's very unlikely that the server configuration can be changed.

You need the PDF IFilter installed on the server in order for the crawl to recognize PDF files and index them correctly. Here are some instructions from Adobe (PDF warning!) as well.

Kit Menke 2010-09-17 18:36:58

As I said, it's unlikely that I can get the server configuration changed, since it serves a nation-wide organization, and I'm just an intern. My current solution is to download the page containing the link and extract the link. Since the page wasn't intended to be machine-readable, it's a huge hack.

Adam Crume 2010-09-17 21:52:42

Well I started out as an intern hacking SharePoint and ended up joining the dev team... can't hurt to ask the question. ;D It isn't really a major change, you'll just need to follow the correct process.

Kit Menke 2010-09-21 17:55:10

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