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camg55
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6 years ago

Direct Media Link are expiring...

Hey Community.    Quick context: I'm pulling a file from a Jot Form to Airtable to Dropbox via Zapier. The last part of my Zap is dropping a "direct media link" in airtable as a URL lnk field tha...
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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

sahir I don't have anything to add on the Dropbox side. The Dropbox API still offers both of these pieces of functionality, so it would be up to Zapier to update their implementation.

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fivestar1
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Old thread, but this can be done by modifying the dropbox share link which by default are formatted this way:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/someuniqueID/filename.fileextension?dl=0

 

If you simply change the parameter at the end from "dl=0" to "dl=1" the link will be a direct media download link instead of rendering in dropbox UI in the browser. IF you are populating Airtable with share links, this formula will transform the default share link into a download link for you:

 

LEFT({Dropbox Share Link}, LEN({Dropbox Share Link})-1)&"1"

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