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harlanhaskins
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11 months ago

Missing Open Graph data when loading shared file link

Hi! I'm working on a chat service where our users would like to send public Dropbox links. I noticed that when I load a shared Dropbox link (like this one: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9zhr8oqh8d4...
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DB-Des
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11 months ago

Hi harlanhaskins,

By default, shared links point to HTML preview pages, not the file content itself. You can modify these links for other behaviors though, such as direct file access. You can find information on doing so here:
 
https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/force-download 

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