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Generated temporary link, content type is not correctly set
Hi,
I've used the api to generate a temporary link and I've accessed it, but the Content-Type header is set to application/octet-stream instead of video/x-matroska. Obviously my file's extension is '.mkv'.
In the endpoint's description https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_temporary_link it says that the mime type is set to the file's mime type.
Can you help me with this issue?
Thanks
- Thanks! The endpoint itself does accept file ID, but the mime type detection is based on file extension, which is missing when a file ID is used.
As a workaround, please do use the file path if you need the specific Content-Type value there. I'll ask the team to look into if we can get this to return the expected value even when the file ID is used, but I can't guarantee if/when that would be.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
I just tried this out and it is working properly for me. Can you share the code you're using? Thanks in advance!Hello,
I was calling the get_temporary_link endpoint using the fileid instead of the path.
I tried using the path and the content type header gets correctly set.
Does Dropbox support fileid for this endpoint? I saw in the regexp that you allow strings that start with id: ?
Thanks
- Greg-DBThanks! The endpoint itself does accept file ID, but the mime type detection is based on file extension, which is missing when a file ID is used.
As a workaround, please do use the file path if you need the specific Content-Type value there. I'll ask the team to look into if we can get this to return the expected value even when the file ID is used, but I can't guarantee if/when that would be.
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