Hotlinking a shared file - using raw=1 still fails

[ZeJ]

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 link.

Looking back at other posts that were working, same problem.  Although those did not have raw=1 when posted and worked then but are broken now.

[Megan]

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.

[ZeJ]

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]

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?

[ZeJ]

@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]

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.

[antoniooi]

Hi Support,

The raw=1 will also be redirected to dropboxusercontent.com as shown below:

https://uc3de2d8f7cc317ef6bcb20a87bc.dl.dropboxusercontent.com/cd/0/inline/BrlX7DTv6g-kKntDHtI7yUN1L...

Note that some resolvers like Facebook post or Facebook Debugger no longer support this type of redirection like the one behaves like Google Drive images. No thumbnail image will be shown if we're using images stored on Dropbox (and Google Drive). Your raw=1 no longer works.