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Error 400 when trying to access file using "WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1"
Hello, i am doing simple download utility for my clients. I am using Autohotkey. The issue is that since 17.8.2021 the clients started to report that its not downloading from their dropbox anymore....
I found the reason and the solution.....
the last redirect location was:
https://uc6f15ff258e57f8afd9c4e5d97e.dl.dropboxusercontent.com/cd/0/get/BU0a9_vyDu1w8UAsQg0cnf9-yTQJDMCU4EqgojJU4cwU55xwOuPI3X7ljfhNtG1JGjRLDOj68jVzvOlOSD0HGhc85WJkq68qklFGmDWXgTVcgbaL51PSrNoui2R-b5Hmd-ds2DioeAkw7fxQo4ajtp-X/file?dl=1#
And for some reason the WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1 have issue with the # at the end of the link. So I assume, that that is the change which Dropbox did in last 2 weeks.
For this reason i cannot use build in redirects inside the WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1 object. And i need to redirect by the script.
winHttp.Option(6) = false
And then just remove the # from the link which i retrieve from location.
Which means that https://uc6f15ff258e57f8afd9c4e5d97e.dl.dropboxusercontent.com/cd/0/get/BU0a9_vyDu1w8UAsQg0cnf9-yTQJDMCU4EqgojJU4cwU55xwOuPI3X7ljfhNtG1JGjRLDOj68jVzvOlOSD0HGhc85WJkq68qklFGmDWXgTVcgbaL51PSrNoui2R-b5Hmd-ds2DioeAkw7fxQo4ajtp-X/file?dl=1was working.
So its resolved.Anyway it would be great if your server would not add the # to the location.
Curl was working and it helped me to find out that it also removed the # from the link.
Thank you for support.
BTW
Please remove the # from the link so that automatic redirects of WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1 are working with your links.
Its not necessary to program own redirect resolver. 😞
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThanks for following up! I'm glad to hear you resolved this already.
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