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bolddp
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

HEAD request to get Content-Type of shared file no longer working

For a few years now, I've been able to use HEAD requests from my web page to verify that a Dropbox link that a user provides points to a "Content-Type: video/mp4" file   All of a sudden I get the...
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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
4 years ago

Hi bolddp,

Hah.. Seems really the HEAD requests response brings up bugs. 🤷 Let's hope this trouble will be fixed soon.

By the way you can temporary workaround with a dummy GET request with a single byte range. 😉 Just make sure within the GET request is a header like:

Range: bytes=0-0

Hope this helps to some extent.

  • bolddp's avatar
    bolddp
    Helpful | Level 5
    4 years ago

    Здравко That was a new trick to me, and it seems to work just fine. Thx a lot for the help!

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    usman61578
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago
    Thanks, bro this helped me

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