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Seth L.'s avatar
Seth L.
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9 years ago

Which API do I use to get a link for embedding on a web page?

I'm using the API to make PDF files available on a web site. However, the get_temporary_link endpoint returns a Content-Disposition header creating an attachment, which <embed> tags don't like. How...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

Hi Seth, unfortunately there isn't another way to get a different kind of link that would work for that, or a way to control the Content-Disposition on these links, so I'm afraid I don't have a good solution for you. I'll send this along as a feature request though.

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