public links to raw files?

[Arian H.]

Im a developer and I like using Dropbox as a small CDN to throw up files on for testing (like putting a whole JS Lib onto JSFiddle for testing).
However recently I cant seem to figure out how to get a link to the raw file easily.
I thought before I would right click on the file and choose 'Dropbox->Get Public Link' but in recent versions there just seems to be a Share button (same on the website interface as well).

I want to be able to get public links like how I used to so I can use Dropbox as a mini CDN/FTP.
How can i do this via Windows 7 interface/Dropbox app or Dropbox website?
Here is an example: http://jsfiddle.net/g425cma2/
Right now the share links Im getting back from Dropbox look like: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4shinfx72yzqsws/jquery.maskedinput-merged.js?dl=0
but before I swear it looked closer like https://dl.dropboxcontent.com/u/$username/home/public/theFilepath/theFile.js
Did Dropbox change how to 'share' files?

Thanks!,
Ari

[Rich · Accepted solution]

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/4shinfx72yzqsws/jquery.maskedinput-merged.js?dl=0

A share link with "www" at the beginning will open in the preview page.

A share link with "dl" at the beginning will tell your browser to handle the file as it sees fit (display in the browser, open in a configured application, or present it for download).

A share link with "dl" at the beginning and "?dl=1" at the end will force your browser to download the file.

Examples using an animated GIF file:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0skuwdlhg6q4fol/History%20of%20GIF.gif

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/0skuwdlhg6q4fol/History%20of%20GIF.gif

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/0skuwdlhg6q4fol/History%20of%20GIF.gif?dl=1

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