# Saving PDFs to your Bubble database

### Video Tutorial

The below video tutorial demonstrates how to save PDFs to your Bubble database (relevant section is from 08:55):

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### Instructions

* When generating PDFs with the 'Generate PDF Creator' workflow action, set the 'Save to Database' field to 'yes'
* This will result in the PDFs generated being saved to the 'File Manager' section of your Bubble database
* However, if you want your users to be able to access the PDFs, it is recommended you:
  * Create a data type called 'Saved PDFs' (or something similar)
  * Add a field to the 'Saved PDF' data type called 'PDF URL Link' (text type)

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* Use the 'When PDF Creator is saved to database' event to create a new 'saved PDF' entry and set the 'PDF URL Link' to be equal to PDF Creator's url

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You'll then be able to access PDFs saved down in your database via their saved URL.

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### Demo app

You can view an example of how to save PDFs to your Bubble database in the demo app at the below link (relevant section is the 'Saving a PDF to your Bubble database' section)

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