You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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Shared Link / "scl" to "s"
Hello. My question concerns my recent issue with file sharing. Usually, my links were generated in this way: 'https://www.dropbox.com/s/'. However, lately, every file is being generated in this way: ...
Direct Download on new link architecture is Solved
What is the DL parameter?
- Default link. This will render the content in the Dropbox file viewer.
- Downloads the content of the link (if the user has access to the content based on link settings). This query parameter takes precedence even if raw=1 is also added.
- Directly renders the content in the browser (if the link has a public audience and no other restrictions). Note that this link has an HTTP 302 redirect, so the application or browser must be able to follow the redirect.
What are the dl.dropbox... modifications?
These are link transformations from the early days of Dropbox. While we don't "officially" list these anymore in our Help Center, we are continuing to support them for now.- Replacing www with dl works exactly like a ?raw=1 link: this will directly render content for public links in the browser. It requires following an HTTP 302 redirect.
- Works like a ?raw=1 link, but the application or browser will not need to follow an HTTP 302 redirect to access the content.
none of the suggestions are working for me. i'm attempting to import stylesheets but the game im on isnt reading the new link format, no matter what i do. i've changed everything, deleted everything, and done everything suggested, and no results. i cannot for the life of me understand why nothing will work, no matter what i do. i've tried for days now and i'm getting frustrated.
psykroniumcube wrote:... the game im on isnt reading the new link format, no matter what i do. ...
Hi psykroniumcube,
That's why don't use the "new link format" (it's not new format actually; might be new and strange way to be introduced), but the old (classical - "can view") one. 😉 Use some of the ways I described in my previous post to get link type back.
The new links to embed an audio file in an html player don't work.
- Yep, the audio player use case completely breaks with this change.
Seems like a pretty dumb way to lose a significant amount of customers on Dropboxes end. I’m surprised they aren’t concerned about this functionality at all.
matthewdbxDropbox Staff
