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an3k
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Download from within Application causes ERROR 403

Hello,

 

I wrote my own tiny application and want to download a file from my own Dropbox Team Storage. I created a share link for the file I want to download and changed it to ?dl=1

 

If I use eg. Chrome on a computer on which i'm logged into Dropbox the download starts immediately. Same happens if I open the link on a computer on which I'm NOT logged into Dropbox.

 

However as soon as my application opens the URL it receives ERROR 403. For sure that application is not logged into Dropbox.

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    8 years ago
    Can you share the code you're using and a sample URL that reproduces the issue so I can take a look? Thanks in advance!
  • an3k's avatar
    an3k
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago

    Hey Greg,

     

    thanks for your reply but we already deleted / canceled our DropBox Team and moved to Google Cloud Storage which works perfectly, we simply had to change the URL in our code.

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