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YK0820
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5 years ago

Get 403 error code in download

I'm using Dropbox to download files from developing embedded devices. The devices use HTTP range request for split download due to hardware limitation. ・I changed the download link from dl=0 to dl=...
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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

I see you opened this in API section of the forum, but this issue doesn't appear to be related to the API itself. (You don't seem to be referring to calling the actual Dropbox API, but rather are interacting with Dropbox shared links directly.) I'll try to offer whatever help I can though.

 

I tried to replicate the scenario you described here, just using curl, and it seemed to work for me. Can you share a sample set of requests/responses showing the issue so I can take a look?

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