Force render issues (raw=1) and shared links won't work for hosting.

It appears that what is being returned for a URL like removed has a Content-type of "text/html" instead of being the raw image data. It appears that the image is eventually delivered, but only after a ton of JS scripts and a 302 redirect.

This is also breaking Google Docs' PDF renderer, which is now displaying the source-text of an HTML page instead of the PDF file itself.

...or at least it was. It's now "refusing to connect."

Good morning, I have a standard plan an I am experiencing a strange behavior of Dropbox, apparently. More exactly all the videos I need to show on my pages do not appear. I have a website and wordpress installed, and as of this morning everything was fine.

Here's an example: https://www.evolvinnova.eu/2024/05/04/video-test/

the file seems accessible and shared to anyone who has the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vglnkmtnlpvo7svmkzxl3/fallo-al36-secondo.mp4?rlkey=7a9lzrn2bszrx34efot34hioc&st=w0whscno&dl=0 

Of course I changed dl=0 in raw=1 but yet it doesn't work.

What can this be due to?

Thank you so much for any suggestion and hint, and please excuse me if the request is not proper or placed in the wrong place.

Have a nice day!

Gabriele

I will also add I was trying to use simple code whihc alway worked but with the problematic video above it does not :

<video width='100%' autoplay='true' playsinline='' loop='true' muted='true\'>
<source src='https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zde0g1iziy6odzamrqttu/RC-V8.mp4?rlkey=b5wjofa7um0yu77xkhqa57yow&st=c13s1w5m&raw=1' type='video/mp4'>
</video>

Hi Jay,

I had already found that document and tried dl=1 and raw=1 with no luck.
I didn't try replacing www with dl as it says :-

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While we don't "officially" list these anymore in our Help Center, we are continuing to support them for now.  

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However , I have just tried it and it works fine BUT this means going all the way back to June 2023 and changing all my links , not knowing how long it will be supported.
I really need the www /scl/ to work as it did a few days ago.

Thanks
John

Same problem here. Directly passing the link into the browser works. Rendering the files as part of another website does not.
Everything uploaded before the new link change renders fine. Every file that has the new link (with the "rlkey=" in the URL) breaks and cannot be rendered.  Filetypes (jpg/png/mp3) is exactly the same. The only difference is the URL structure. Happens on any platform I use (gallery platforms with html displays/boxes, google docs and sheets, etc) as well as in any browser I tried with the latest versions and cache cleared (Firefox, Chrome, Opera).

I have posted videos on my wordpress websites. it worked fine until now. I have changed the last part of the link to raw=1 videos that are uploaded on the site work fine and also videos from google drive. it's the same problem on all my websites

Similar (maybe even identical) to this issue: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Create-upload-and-share/Force-render-not-working-on-a-Wordpress-site/m-p/768178

As Dropbox isnt a hosting tool, it is possible they are actively blocking the rendering of the sites (they have done this previously). Do the links work if you just use the links and not on a web page?

Thanks for reply. yes, if I put the link in for exembel vcl media player it plays the video its only on my websites its not working

It seems like something has actively changed on Dropbox as videos are not rendering either now (see here). However as Dropbox is NOT a hosting tool this is not unexpected - they have previously done similar to stop people using Dropbox as a web host, so, my guess is that this may be the same again.