# Viewing PDFs from a collection not working in Web View

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/viewing-pdfs-from-a-collection-not-working-in-web-view/39627>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [June 8, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/viewing-pdfs-from-a-collection-not-working-in-web-view/39627 "2023-06-08T16:56:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![wharper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/97f17d/32.png) [@wharper](https://forum.adalo.com/u/wharper)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/viewing-pdfs-from-a-collection-not-working-in-web-view/39627/1 "2023-06-08T16:56:48Z")

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Hi! I’ve seen some posts saying it was possible to load and view PDFs from an Adalo collection and view them in the Web View component. I can’t seem to get this to work however. Is this still possible?

I have a collection of PDFs that can be uploaded by the user and the collection is in File format.

I’ve added a Web View component.

I’m trying to use the magic text in the web view component to find Current Level \> PDF Collection \> URL, but my PDF collection is not in the list. The collection appears for other components, such as lists, but why can’t I find it for the web view component?

 ![PDF Issue](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/3X/a/f/af5be662220f9b1c1ce62f010a246a3a95c3d526.png)

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**Author:** ![gskachkov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/gskachkov/32/17594_2.png) [@gskachkov](https://forum.adalo.com/u/gskachkov)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/viewing-pdfs-from-a-collection-not-working-in-web-view/39627/2 "2023-06-10T14:55:34Z")

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If you’ll not manage to do this by Adalo, you can use component pdf viewer.

See working demo [Demo of Adalo App with Adalo Document Viewer Component - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j4g4Mvxp0ak)

You can install it from [Adalo Component Marketplace](https://itsmi.store/components)

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/viewing-pdfs-from-a-collection-not-working-in-web-view/39627/3 "2023-06-20T14:55:58Z")

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