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"Direct download" links are not working
Hello I am trying to make a folder public, but whenever I share the link the receivers (including myself) cannot download the files. We are guide to the file on dropbox but the file cannot be downlo...
You can still right click any file in your dropbox folder, "Copy dropbox link" to get a URL into your clipboard, and then manually alter the ending of the URL from "?dl=0" to "?raw=1".
It's infuratingly tedious, and a huge regression in functionality.... but it does work.
Hopefully Dropbox recognise this key use case that many of its users have relied upon for years, and fix their client to properly support it - lest they go elsewhere for their syncing & light file hosting.
I found the solution here
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13879821
So, what I've done is change the folder to anyone with a link, ( i don't know if this is required ), then right click on the file, copy dropbox link which creates a
https://www.dropbox.com/...link.filetype?dl=0
So just remove the ?dl=0 and change the www to dl
Works for me and now my podcast can continue.
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/2s31p57eod49dva/1371724997329.png?...
and navigating to this
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/2s31p57eod49dva/1371724997329.png?d...
results in a redirect to this
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/2s31p57eod49dva/13717249...
which can be hotlinked.