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fstotz
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8 years ago

Re: Can't open file, which i have download from Dropbox using direct download link.

Hello,   the issue here is that the header "content-type" seems broken on the webpage since this week. It is set to "application/binary" for all file types. This is the reason that the android do...
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Greg-DB
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8 years ago

Thanks! We'll look into it.

You may want to use `raw=1` instead of `dl=1` though, as `raw=1` is meant for displaying file content, and `dl=1` is only meant for downloading:

https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/force-download

 

The Content-Type is still as expected when using `raw=1`.

  • sdouglasaz's avatar
    sdouglasaz
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago
    Saved me, thanks! We depended on accurate content-type too from dl=1 flag.
  • msegado's avatar
    msegado
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago

    FYI, this is still broken, at least when trying to download PDF files on Android 8. PDFs shared via links with"dl=0" or "dl=1" download to the device but give a "can't open file" error when I try to open them. The also have a generic icon instead of a PDF icon in the file viewer, so I'm guessing Android is storing the Content-Type type of the download as metadata somewhere. (Emailing the downloaded file fixes it, I assume because the Gmail corrects the Content-Type in the process.)

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