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Sartaj 's avatar
Sartaj
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Dropbox Image Links not Working - Error 410

Hi,

I was trying to share some Dropbox image links, but the links cannot be seen after a while and shows Error 410.

Please advise what is Error 410 and how to solve this.

Thank you!

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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    3 years ago

    Welcome aboard the Community, Sartaj!

     

    Can you send over a screenshot of the error message you keep receiving? 

     

    If you create another shared link for a different file, do you experience the same behavior?

     

    Let me know when you’ve got more info.

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

    Hi Nancy,

    Thanks for replying. I tried with numerous files, and it happens with all the files. The image link generated by dropbox works for sometime but then starts throwing a 410. 

     

     

     

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    3 years ago

    Thanks for sharing this screenshot!

     

    Can you please describe to me the steps that you’re taking to create these shared links?

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

    I am selecting "Copy image link' by right clicking on the dropbox .jpg image in Microsoft Edge.

    For example, i am copying image link by right clicking on [Removed as per Community Guidelines]

    and it gives me following link which will no longer be valid after few hours and will throw the Error 410 msg.

     

    [Removed as per Community Guidelines]

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    3 years ago

    Hi Sartaj, this isn't how you create a direct link to an image in Dropbox. To do so, you'd change the end of your shared link from dl=0 to raw=1 for the image to be displayed in the browser.

     

    If you create a link using your method, then this could result in the link being changed since it's possible the direct image URL changes.

  • Drxuser's avatar
    Drxuser
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    I am using Dropbox with Django as file storage, and one of the image was removed with error 410, I received neither warning nor any explanation for so.

  • Drxuser's avatar
    Drxuser
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    jay I am using Dropbox with Django as file storage, and one of the image was removed with error 410, I received neither warning nor any explanation for so.

     
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    3 years ago

    Hi Drxuser, could you clarify how you're creating the file storage? Are you using the image links the same way as this user?

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Thanks for the info, this article might help further regarding the shared link behavior you're experiencing.

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