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Dropbox Folder embed problem - Viewers cannot view folder contents

Dropbox Folder embed problem - Viewers cannot view folder contents

jonokivex
Helpful | Level 5

Greetings,

If I embed a folder onto my website, I want people to be able to open the contents (images) inside the folder. But they cannot. They only have permission to view a list/grid of the folder content - not open the content.

Example: https://www.arclab.space/e/test-raw-jpg

The embedder should have a parent/child relationship, whereby if a user can view the parent folder, they can view the children files.

I believe this problem has emerged since the link architecture changed earlier this year.
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Dropbox-embedder/td-p/666213
In the above link, the solution to my problem is to make a folder 'viewable' (so the link becomes /sh/) and not 'editable'.
But since updating the link architecture, all links have become /scl/fi and rely on the rlkey to state whether its an editable or viewable link.

I believe the embedder has not been updated to reflect this change.

I believe this because if you access the folder link directly (the one used in the embed), this issue does not occur and children can be accessed:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/oq59fhvacazqqx7n4tnkp/h?rlkey=snuh46b0p5p1enerfpsbo5pbr&dl=0

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Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff

@jonokivex No, unfortunately I don't have news on this yet.

Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff

This issue is now fixed for new shared links. Please note that previous existing shared links will continue to display this behavior, so you'll need to create new shared links for the fixed behavior.

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