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php file download
Hello, I am trying to download a file with PHP, but I am having trouble with this part of the code. I need an example in this regard
$url = "https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download";
$sAccessToken = "*************************";
$curl = curl_init($url);
$aPostData = array('path' => '/test.rar');
$aOptions = array(
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array('Content-Type:',
'Authorization: Bearer ' . $sAccessToken,
'Dropbox-API-Arg: ' . json_encode($aPostData)
) ,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true
);
curl_setopt_array($curl, $aOptions);
$result = curl_exec($curl);
echo $result;
6 Replies
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44000071/dropbox-php-file-download ]
What error/output are you getting? Attempting to open the file in the browser
How to access direct download link ?- Greg-DBIs that the output you're getting from the PHP code you shared earlier? If so, that is likely just the raw file data, which the browser is trying to display as text. The /2/files/download endpoint does return the raw file data, so you can do with it whatever you need to. E.g., save it to a file, etc.
If you want a link to the file instead, you can use /2/files/get_temporary_link:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_temporary_link Thank you so much
That's exactly what I'm looking for :)Merhaba Greg, ne yazık ki (# files-get temporary link) işe yaramadı
I want to make a download button like picture
- Greg-DBThe screenshot you shared shows you trying the /2/files/download endpoint. You can use that to directly return files contents if you'd like.
We discussed using /2/files/get_temporary_link though. That would give you a direct URL for the file contents. This is working correctly as far as I can tell.
In either case, how you use that response is up to you, and exactly how you implement it will depend on the specifics of your app.
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