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Using resulting 'link' from get_temporary_link in IE new window shows about:blank
I'm trying to show a file (like .jpg or .pdf) in a new window of the browser. I'm using Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7. I invoke get_temporary_link and use the resulting link as such: window....
Is there any further update on this? I'm experiencing the same (or a similar) issue across IE, Chrome, and Firefox. I create a temporary URL that links to something viewable in the browser like a jpg or mp3 file. I copy that into the URL bar and the browser always just downloads the file.
Also, assuming this is fixed, will there be a way to force downloads? The old v1 API /media endpoint allowed putting "?dl=1" on the end of the URL to force it to download.
I'm hoping there's a fix for this, but in the mean time I do the following:
- Invoke sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings() which of course fails if the file has already been shared
- Invoke sharing/list_shared_links() and (I personally) use the url from the first element in the list of links
- Since the resulting URL points to the Dropbox preview page with the target file in a frame, I replace "dl=0" with "raw=1" to FINALLY get a usable URL for the file
I hope the Dropbox team realizes this is a huge endeavor just to get a temporary usable in-browser view of a file - like we used to be able to do with API v1 and it ends up poluting the shares list because I only need it temporarily and non-business accounts can't use the expiry parameter on the creating the link.
Also, some documentation of the query string arguments would be nice. I just stumbled upon the idea of changing dl=0 to raw=1 in another thread. I suspect that setting dl=1 would achieve the forced download you desire.
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