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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 ...
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Greg-DB
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Thanks for the report! We'll check on this and follow up here.
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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. 

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      7 years ago

      rac2 Can you elabortate on what exactly isn't working as expected? E.g., the following would be helpful:

       

      - the steps to reproduce the problem
      - the full text of any unexpected error or output
      - the relevant code snippet(s)

       

      Thanks in advance! 

  • hahmed44's avatar
    hahmed44
    Explorer | Level 3
    7 years ago

    hi. raw=1 is not working anymore for me to download my music onto my tumblr page using a mini online music player and copying the htlm code and then pasting.  the music used to work in the past with no problems at all using the raw=1 but now it stopped working.  can you please help me?  the music is a major part of my tumblr page and without it, i just dont see the reason for me to pay the $9.99 a month to keep dropbox.

    thank you in advance,

    hana renee

    my email addresses if needed:

    [email addressed removed by moderation for security reasons]

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      7 years ago

      hahmed44 Can you elaborate on how exactly it isn't working? What error are you getting?

      • hahmed44's avatar
        hahmed44
        Explorer | Level 3
        7 years ago
        Hi. No error message would come up. My music would just simply fail to play anymore but I believe it may be fixed. I posted my question on the community site posting a new question because I noticed this thread was old and I didn’t think anyone would answer back. Thank you so much for your reply. Rich replied to me with what I believe to be the answer to part of my problems. Plus I went back to tumblr and redid all of my music and they started working again. I don’t know why I had to redo them with the same html codes to make them work?!?

        Thank you for your help. I truly appreciate it.

        Hana

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