Document providing method and apparatus

A device for providing a document, characterized in that the device comprises:

• an access request receiving module used for receiving an access request for the document sent by a user using an access link;
• a first determining module used for determining that a provider of the document has not adopted a canceling strategy which invalidates the access link for everyone;
• a second determining module used for determining that the access link used by the user is invalid and used for, after determining that the access link used by the user is invalid, determining that the user has identified the access link before the access link becomes invalid, wherein the determining that the access link used by the user is invalid comprises determining that the number of times the user uses the access link exceeds a preset threshold of the number of times for accessing the access link, and wherein the determining that the user has identified the access link comprises determining that the user has given a webpage of the access link a good rating;
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• a document providing module used for providing the document to the user in responding to determining that the access link used by the user is invalid and determining that the user has identified the access link before the access link becomes invalid, wherein when determining that the user has not identified the access link before the access link becomes invalid, the document is not provided to the user.