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jpimbema's avatar
jpimbema
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

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 share link containing /scl/fo/ which leads to a registration splash screen whenever a website visitor clicks a file in the embedder. However we want to start a download instead of a registration...

The strange thing is that other folders for which we produce a read only share link contain /sh/ . When you click on a file in the embedder with this link in the code, the download starts without a registration splash screen.

 

Now, I've read that a link containing /scl/fo/ is an edit link. Why do some folders produce a link containing /scl/fo/ and others /sh/ while we explicitly ask for a read only share link?

 

We run a Dropbox Advanced plan.

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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    2 years ago
    Greg-DB wrote:

    ..., so you'll need to create new shared links for the fixed behavior.

    Yes, but no!!! Now, with new link the behavior changes, but stays incorrect; now with new link to the same file https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/25bzgyfsnf7ewps37i25i/AD-38IrNkvYcv0eHaopJz6s/GOLF-P-WE-AU-BLACK/%231134_GOLF-P-WE-AU-BLACK.eps?rlkey=60509kpyry3hmb2mx00gjpo5h&dl=0:

    If I click "Back to files", it asks me log in! 🤷

    I generated the above link in the same way as previous one with folder pointing link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/25bzgyfsnf7ewps37i25i/ADMm0_m7MuQGroaOEsfGVRo?rlkey=60509kpyry3hmb2mx00gjpo5h&e=1&dl=0

    It doesn't matter dl=0, dl=1, or raw=1. 🤔 Something still goes wrong despite of no more 2 redirections. Redirection to the link root folder gets replaced by redirection to error HTML (page) in all cases.

    Is there some error on my side?

     

    PS: Dropbox doesn't even let to me access my own file! (even when I'm logged in) Before I was able to access my file at least.

    $ curl -X POST -u '*************:************' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"path":"/GOLF-P-WE-AU-BLACK/#1134_GOLF-P-WE-AU-BLACK.eps","url":"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/25bzgyfsnf7ewps37i25i/ADMm0_m7MuQGroaOEsfGVRo?rlkey=60509kpyry3hmb2mx00gjpo5h&dl=0"}' https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata | jq
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  2063  100  1882  100   181   1053    101  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:--  1154
{
  ".tag": "file",
  "url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/25bzgyfsnf7ewps37i25i/AD-38IrNkvYcv0eHaopJz6s/GOLF-P-WE-AU-BLACK/%231134_GOLF-P-WE-AU-BLACK.eps?rlkey=60509kpyry3hmb2mx00gjpo5h&dl=0",
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    2 years ago

    Здравко That should be fixed now. Please let us know if you're still seeing any issues with that. Thanks!

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