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sgujf
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6 years ago
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Postponed Dropbox saver

Hi, I want users to upload a BLOB using the Dropbox Saver. Because the Saver only supports URLs, I upload the BLOB to my server and it generates a temporary URL I can than submit to Dropbox. This m...
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    Greg-DB
    6 years ago

    Thanks for the detailed post. No, I'm afraid I can't offer a way to use that undocumented functionality. Any undocumented functionality like this may be in flux and subject to break or dissapear without notice. 

    I'll pass this along as a feature request to officially document and support this (in addition to blob support in the first place) but I can't promise if or when that might be implemented. 

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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

Thanks for the detailed post. No, I'm afraid I can't offer a way to use that undocumented functionality. Any undocumented functionality like this may be in flux and subject to break or dissapear without notice. 

I'll pass this along as a feature request to officially document and support this (in addition to blob support in the first place) but I can't promise if or when that might be implemented. 

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sgujf
Explorer | Level 3
6 years ago

Thank you for your reply.

So that means for now I'll have to document how my users can disable the popup blocker in Safari. Turns out another feature suffers from this problem as well, so might be useful to add a note or two anway.

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