How do I batch download dropbox path links embeded in an external site?

[anon95]

Hi! I need to dowload thousands of files from a website which are organized by assigning buttons to each file, and each button redirects to a dropbox link with this format:

https://[website]/archive/dropboxDownload?path=%[path name followed by file name]

So far, I'm able to use the Batch Link Downloader chrome extention to produce a txt file with all the dropbox links in one entry, but when I try to use that txt file in the WFDownloader app, I just get a bunch of "dropboxDownload" blank files. I've tried installing File List Downloader as a blog suggested, but it doesn't run on my computer,  as it produces a message to download .NET but doesn't do so when you press "yes". Updating my computer hasn't worked either, as it's windows 10 and I can't buy a more advanced version yet. As a note, this website uses credentials to enter and I don't know how that affects a batch download. Im also unable to reach whomever hosts these files in their dropbox, so I can't have acces to the dropbox folder. 

I'm really not knowledgeable about html, don't know any programing and I just opened a dropbox account after quite a few years of not using one for the sole purpose of trying to get out of individually clicking each link. I already did so for 2000+ files, but I have a couple thousand more to go and woould like to automatice what I can. Any tips would be appreciated!

[Nancy]

Hi @anon95, and thanks for posting on our forum!

Unfortunately, this is something out of our scope, so there’s not much we can suggest here. 

The only thing that may help, if you want to force download your files from the shared links, are these steps. However, we don’t have something to batch download everything at once.

I’m leaving this thread open though, in case one of our users can offer something more or suggest a third-party app for this purpose.

Hope this helps a bit.