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Clicking files in embedded Dropbox leads to registration screen instead of direct download
We have embedded Dropbox onto our website in an iframe: [Removed as per Community Guidelines] We produce a Dropbox read only share link to include in the embed code.
For some folders we get a shar...
Oops... sorry. Before there was copy link feature... I by mistake tried copy to account, but the rest is the same.
.... Note also that in the popup is not the file name, but the shared folder name! Even when I fetch the file link (using either the page code or API), replacing dl=0 to dl=1, leads downloading entire folder (zip file), not the actual file the link points to.
Try play with:
Is the resulting link usable for something?
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorЗдравко The URL to a particular file, with the file in the path of the URL, should point to the file in particular, and support downloading just that file in particular when using dl=1. I tried that and it did work for me.
Note though that it's possible to get a different URL when just viewing a particular file from its parent folder, which would still refer to the folder, and so would download the entire folder when using dl=1.
Here's a sample of the two different cases I just tried:
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