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Forum Discussion
Direct access to an .mp3 with the use of a code.
Is it possible to get direct access to an .mp3 file so that it can be linked to my website and then "played" using a simple HTML code that creates an audio player and plays the file in question?
Hi GrazianoD,
Yes, it is possible despite of you cannot do that with the form of link you received initially (it directs to preview page). There are possible different form of shared links and all of them have one or more parameters. One of those params is 'dl' (initially this params carry value '0', i.e. it's 'dl=0'). To get direct/raw access to the file content you should replace the mentioned 'dl' param to 'raw' param with value '1', i.e. to 'raw=1'. Everything else must stays the same! Now, so formed link will lead to the file itself, not to preview page representing the file. 😉
Hope this helps.
Hi GrazianoD,
Yes, it is possible despite of you cannot do that with the form of link you received initially (it directs to preview page). There are possible different form of shared links and all of them have one or more parameters. One of those params is 'dl' (initially this params carry value '0', i.e. it's 'dl=0'). To get direct/raw access to the file content you should replace the mentioned 'dl' param to 'raw' param with value '1', i.e. to 'raw=1'. Everything else must stays the same! Now, so formed link will lead to the file itself, not to preview page representing the file. 😉
Hope this helps.
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIJust to add although it is possible remember that Dropbox isn't a hosting tool and have previously updated the links which have caused older ones to stop working and there are bandwidth limits on files in Dropbox.
