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KennelLink
Explorer | Level 3
9 years ago

Using resulting 'link' from get_temporary_link in IE new window shows about:blank

I'm trying to show a file (like .jpg or .pdf) in a new window of the browser. I'm using Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7. I invoke get_temporary_link and use the resulting link as such:   window....
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fredrik80
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

We are also now forced to migrate to API v2 and are trying to use the get_temporary_link endpoint. The links generated do not work in Internet Explorer. We would really need a resolution or work-around for this, as we serve a lot of documents on our website based on content in Dropbox.

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Greg-DB
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8 years ago
I don't have an update on this unfortunately, but if you need an extension for access to API v1, please open an API ticket with the app key(s) you need an extension for:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/contact
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    7 years ago
    We've had our engineers working on this and the good news is the problem has been fixed. Please try again and you should find that this functionality works correctly.

    Apologies for any inconvenience this caused.

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