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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 downloaded. An example is: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f549knzc9eg3jvb/AACdPY9KOKqRpTrKLhYlKOWia?dl=0
This is not in a public folder. But it is a problem that has happen again after March 15.
An immediate answer is appreciated.
Thanks
Bjarke
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- Jane
Dropbox Staff
Hey
- Rich
Super User II
I can reproduce this, but only in IE. In Firefox and Chrome it's working fine. Also, the link you posted is still invalid. Here's one of mine if you want to test it.
I have found the same thing. I cannot get direct download to a file and the create link has a ? after it.
Has anyone found a solution?
- MarkHave you done what was asked and logged a ticket?
I am about to as just searching for a solution. I found this...
which seems to suggest that a Pro account is required but can't confirm that.
- MarkFor Public folders to still work you needed to be a paying user at the time free users lost access to it (15th March). It is not retro active.
Note as well this ONLY applied to links made inside 'Public' - no other changes happened. Apparently the change of public folders to private has also changed the ability to directly link to files.
http://lifehacker.com/your-dropbox-public-folder-isnt-public-anymore-1793341675
This was the only reason I used dropbox. Now I need somewhere else to host my podcast mp3s, any suggestions?
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.