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ZeJ
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Hotlinking a shared file - using raw=1 still fails

I have a png file  in my Public folder.  New shared file with new "create link" link.   I removed the ?dl=0 and replaced with ?raw=1 but the site I am embedding it on with img tags shows a broken...
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Megan
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4 years ago

Hey ZeJ, I hope you're doing well today! 

 

Can you give me some more clarification on what you mean when you say a public folder? 

 

Let me know, and we'll take it from there.

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ZeJ
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Megan,

I put in the folder called Public.  I know that no longer is automatically shared, so I did create link.  and pasted that link in img tags in the forum in question.

 

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    4 years ago
    Do those shared links preview fine when you copy and paste them on a browser ZeJ?

    Could you forward us a screenshot of the error(s) you're seeing?
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      ZeJ
      Explorer | Level 4
      4 years ago

      Walter yes they do.  Paste the link into a browser after making sure I was not logged into dropbox and it came up fine.  But not in the forum post preview.

       

      And as I say, older ones that did link before don't now, eg 

      https://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=103546#p1516210

      which has

      [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/zmmd5zeebi56t9s/oldbikes.png?raw=1[/img]

      and that shows up fine in my browser and showed up fine when the post was posted.

       

      I don't see an error message as such, the items are on a forum.  What I see is the icon of a broken image link.

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
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        4 years ago
        Hi ZeJ, if the image previews normally via the URL, then the issue would lie with the forum itself, which might be unable to parse the link correctly.

        I'd recommend contacting them for further support, as it appears that this isn't related to Dropbox.

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