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sgordon02
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Image links to Amazon spreadsheets not working.

Can anyone tell me why Amazon keeps telling me it can not download my images from dropbox?

This is what the links look like: 

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8 Replies

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    3 years ago

    @sgordon02, that's because you posted preview link instead of direct link to file. Try following link: removed 😉 Does it works?

    Hope this helps.

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    3 years ago

    🙂The difference?

    Ok. It's maybe fault in Dropbox documentation. There explanation is that you can create a link to desired file. Yes and no (no by default, at least). The default link that Dropbox gives doesn't point to the file!!! Something you may think is, but it's NOT. The link points to a page that visualize the pointed file. As you probably know, pages are HTML files that contain different things inside (including images). So when you provide the original link, got from Dropbox, you provide an HTML file, not some image. You can instruct Dropbox to provide actual file content instead of preview HTML. For that you need to replace one of the links parameters - dl. Originally it's 'dl=0'. To transform it to inline file content (including image, but not only) you have to replace with 'raw=1' (as I have done above). Other option is to instruct Dropbox force download directly the file pointed - should be set to 'dl=1'. They are slightly different but in you case probably both will work in the same way. 😉

    Hope this clarifies matter.

  • sgordon02's avatar
    sgordon02
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    Dropbox removed your sample link.  Can you paste again with spaces so it wont remove it? 

  • sgordon02's avatar
    sgordon02
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    I am very anxious to try your solution!!!!!  It would be wonderful if this works 

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    3 years ago

    sgordon02, I didn't keep the link, so I cannot restore it, but I believe you can. 😉 The link should still reside in your email (if you didn't wipe it out of your mail box).

     


    sgordon02 wrote:

    I am very anxious to try your solution!!!!! It would be wonderful if this works


    Why didn't you try it immediately? 🤷

  • sgordon02's avatar
    sgordon02
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    I tried that and it still gets a 403 error from Amazon.  I think its an Amazon problem.

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    3 years ago

    It's not a Dropbox error, so yes, better check what the error means. Also, if you're passing the Dropbox link to a parameter of URL then you may need to URL-encode the link before passing! Skipping this, if needed, for sure will lead to error. Many people make this mistake.

    Good luck.

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