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Arne517
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

Direct download using ?dl=1 returns html page

Hi,   I'm downloading a folder from dropbox using `curl` with the public share url, and the `dl=1` query parameter. This used to work perfectly until this morning, when it started returning a html...
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Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
7 years ago
Thanks for the report! We'll check on this and follow up here.
  • bhanbuch's avatar
    bhanbuch
    New member | Level 2
    7 years ago

    to add to this: the html file that is download (even with follow redirects ON with curl) will download the file if loaded into a browser...

  • SeppeR's avatar
    SeppeR
    Explorer | Level 4
    7 years ago

    Hi Greg,

     

    Any updates on this issue? We really need this functionality.

     

    Thanks in advance.

     

     

     

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      7 years ago
      I don't have an update on this yet. I'll follow up here once I do.

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