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jjsk
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9 years ago

URLs generated with files_get_temporary_link are not parsed correctly by some applications

Hi   I'm using files_get_temporary_link to generate a download URL for a file (active for 4 hrs). The link itself appears to lack the filenam. It just ends with long cryptic number. Some browsers...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

Thanks for the post! There isn't a way to force that, but I'll pass this along as a feature request for the old/filename in URL version, though I can't make any promises as to if/when then would be done.

 

For reference, the filename is included in the 'Content-Disposition` header, which the HTTP client should be using, but it sounds like not all clients are using that unfortunately.

 

 

  • jjsk's avatar
    jjsk
    Helpful | Level 5
    9 years ago

    Thanks for the reply. I opened a ticket for the client program but they don't seem to quite get what the issue is. I.e. why do they need to inspect HTTP headers to find the name of the file the url points to.

     

    If this can be adjusted in the dropbox API it would probably simplify things a little. 

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