# Google docs onebox gem requires a "published" document

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 23, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-docs-onebox-gem-requires-a-published-document/33649 "2015-09-23T16:42:23Z")\
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> [@riking](#):
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> Can we convert the URLs into the publish form automatically?

I don’t think so. I believe only the document owner has the rights to publish that document.

Simply appending `/pub` at the end of the URL will not allow embedding of that document.

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