Hi Carolyn! (1) I believe things are working as expected for downloads; the difference between opening in browser and automatic download is probably the size of PDFs. There's a setting called the "Content Inline Disposition Threshold" that sets an item size after which the browser will go straight to automatic download, which defaults to 8MB but can be adjusted (see Configuration documentation <https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC5x/Configuration+Reference#ConfigurationReference-ContentInlineDispositionThreshold> ).
- As a side note, the URLs you are seeing are also as expected - /bitstreams/<:uuid>/download is a user interface only URL, and a proxy for the REST API endpoint which is that second one /api/core/bitstreams/<:uuid>/content (it'll always redirect there). (2) Hard to narrow down about the harvesting errors. Could you provide details about what method they are using to access, and the exact error messages they are seeing/ ideally full error trace? Best, Lia On Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 8:47:50 AM UTC-4 Carolyn Sullivan wrote: > Hello all, > > One of the group that harvests our theses (Library and Archives Canada) is > running into some errors. Some of our materials show 'Empty folder' when > they try to access them. Problem is, the content they're trying to access > is definitely available. > > For example, the thesis here: > https://ruor.uottawa.ca/items/4df8575a-b6ad-48fc-bcc0-bdb3697b301b > > The thesis is available. The only weird thing about it is that if I try > to access the download link given in the OAI-PMH call, it shows the thesis > pdf in my internet browser and changes the suffix from 'download' to > 'content'... more recent thesis items don't do that. Example: > > Our OAI-PMH call for the metadata would be: > https://ruor.uottawa.ca/server/oai/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_etdms&identifier=oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/38173 > and looking at the record, the identifier given for the actual pdf is: > > > http://ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstreams/cf91ed56-7f82-4f56-8a05-e6a1f3ed6ddd/download > > which is changed to: > > > https://ruor.uottawa.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/cf91ed56-7f82-4f56-8a05-e6a1f3ed6ddd/content > > So... > (1) Why do some theses in the collection display in browser when I check > the download link given in the OAI-PMH record, and others automatically > download? > (2) Does this possibly have something to do with the errors we're getting > with harvests? If not, any idea what could be the cause? > > Thanks, > Carolyn. > -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the Code of Conduct: https://lyrasis.org/code-of-conduct/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Technical Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/7f469bd9-5f5a-4e67-8fe4-2e822a97e1b4n%40googlegroups.com.
