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meganrm
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

CORs error on forced download links

I am trying to request an obj file from a publicly shared link.    The link is "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xh3vmyt9d74cl5cbhqgpm/Antigen.obj?rlkey=b4zcediso03wiuc96w3agm6rg&dl=1" Which succ...
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    meganrm
    2 years ago

    yes so what ended up working for me was: 

    `url = url.replace("www.dropbox.com", "dl.dropboxusercontent.com");`
    with a url that has `dl=1` and a `rlkey` as parameters. 
    thanks! 
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Jay
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Could you try the suggestions in this thread to see if they help by changing the URL of the file?

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meganrm
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

yes so what ended up working for me was: 

`url = url.replace("www.dropbox.com", "dl.dropboxusercontent.com");`
with a url that has `dl=1` and a `rlkey` as parameters. 
thanks! 
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    Walter
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    2 years ago

    We're glad to hear it's sorted now and thanks for keeping us in the loop too meganrm 

     

    See you around the Community and take care!

    • meganrm's avatar
      meganrm
      New member | Level 2
      2 years ago

      Thank you! It said in that post about the `dl.` links: "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. " 

       

      Are there plans to address the CORS issue with the standard share links so that using the `dl.dropboxusercontent.com` will no longer be necessary?

       Thanks

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