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abiluck
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago
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application/binary type returned for media files

Hi, I am using gettemporarylink API to obtain url to the file that can be later played. That url when requested itself, returns wrong Content-Type header for media files. For example audio file with ...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    4 years ago

    We've reverted to the previous behavior for newly returned links. I can't guarantee what the exact behavior will be long-term, but I'll follow up once I have an update on that.

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abiluck
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Greg-DB it is impacting users and I am getting lots of support tickets on this matter. Appreciate if the team could look into this asap.

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SlashAndBurn
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

I'm in the same boat, got clients crawling all over me.  They have all sorts of VR content and they stream it for some reason.

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    Greg-DB
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    4 years ago

    SlashAndBurn Thanks for the note. I'll check in with the team on this.

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