Downloading file via wget with --spider no longer working

Hi IndyDev,

Your link can get checked with wget (as always):

$ wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/kwguigqasfct9um/bp14-f-24x36-a.jpg\?dl\=1 --spider
Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
--2023-04-18 01:01:09--  https://www.dropbox.com/s/kwguigqasfct9um/bp14-f-24x36-a.jpg?dl=1
Преобразувам www.dropbox.com (www.dropbox.com)... 162.125.69.18, 2620:100:6025:18::a27d:4512
Свързване към www.dropbox.com (www.dropbox.com)|162.125.69.18|:443... успешно свързване.
HTTP изпратено искане, чакам отговор... 302 Found
Адрес: /s/dl/kwguigqasfct9um/bp14-f-24x36-a.jpg [следва]
Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
--2023-04-18 01:01:10--  https://www.dropbox.com/s/dl/kwguigqasfct9um/bp14-f-24x36-a.jpg
Свързване към www.dropbox.com (www.dropbox.com)|162.125.69.18|:443... успешно свързване.
HTTP изпратено искане, чакам отговор... 302 Found
Адрес: https://uc8b71308459522cc886bf8221c2.dl.dropboxusercontent.com/cd/0/get/B6ajKtB-LpAb1rSByNeN5gIATpdhLE334n2eZNa7W8YVTPaeQth3ia1D6k863y2JoqMy1Aue1DfxTQmK0Y_AxKC_mcGZQ9EPIhzcOIrKugVUiaXYO4Ss-7xvTCzLQT6vbXDASUWZhelSoSY2YbKEGCnb93cqzgsvEQPigJ8uQvDpZw/file?dl=1# [следва]
Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
--2023-04-18 01:01:11--  https://uc8b71308459522cc886bf8221c2.dl.dropboxusercontent.com/cd/0/get/B6ajKtB-LpAb1rSByNeN5gIATpdhLE334n2eZNa7W8YVTPaeQth3ia1D6k863y2JoqMy1Aue1DfxTQmK0Y_AxKC_mcGZQ9EPIhzcOIrKugVUiaXYO4Ss-7xvTCzLQT6vbXDASUWZhelSoSY2YbKEGCnb93cqzgsvEQPigJ8uQvDpZw/file?dl=1
Преобразувам uc8b71308459522cc886bf8221c2.dl.dropboxusercontent.com (uc8b71308459522cc886bf8221c2.dl.dropboxusercontent.com)... 162.125.69.15, 2620:100:6025:15::a27d:450f
Свързване към uc8b71308459522cc886bf8221c2.dl.dropboxusercontent.com (uc8b71308459522cc886bf8221c2.dl.dropboxusercontent.com)|162.125.69.15|:443... успешно свързване.
HTTP изпратено искане, чакам отговор... 200 OK
Дължина: 69222373 (66M) [application/json]
Отдалечения файл съществува.

The last line states: Remote file exists.

The same is when launched without backslashes. Check what's going on with your environment.

Good luck.

It seems that I am getting inconsistent results, if I run the command multiple times in a row, sometimes it will say "Remote file exists" and other times it will say "Remote file does not exist -- broken link!!!". Checked with a colleague who is running a different environment, and getting the same results. Not sure if something changed with the API or not. In addition, I see an error that says:

HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed

Hi again IndyDev,

Hmm.. 🤔 Yes, I can see your issue (after some number of repetitions). It's nothing related to API; that's rather core Dropbox feature that seems unstable for some reason. Let's hope this will be fixed soon. I can see some scheduled maintenance; 🤷 let's see tomorrow.

Good luck, to all of us.

IndyDev Thanks for the report. I'll ask the team to look into this.

This should be fixed now. Please let us know if you're still seeing any issues.