Google Docs viewer returning 204 responses, no longer working, alternatives?

Question

UPDATE 2016-11-16 9:53am EST

It appears many people are still seeing 204 responses even though Google has claimed to have \"fixed\" the problem. Wh

Answer 1

Thought I'd share this solution here also, as the answers above won't work efficiently for a large document: The load event will not fire for a few seconds after the iFrame has started loading, so you might end up with an endless loop. A better solution is to also check for the size of the body of the iFrame.