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JudStephenson
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7 years ago

Direct Download raw=1 Doesn't Work

We've recently become unable to directly download dropbox files via CLI (via curl). We used to append `raw=1` to the share link, and everything would work.

 

Now, appending raw=1 to the share link downloads a JS App that creates and submits a form in-browser, and thus, no longer works with simple CLI tools.

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    7 years ago
    Thanks for the report! We'll check on this and follow up here.
    • 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.
      • rac2's avatar
        rac2
        New member | Level 2
        7 years ago

        I have this problem right now as well -- it doesn't download with raw=1 anymore using the R software. 

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