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Force render issues (raw=1) and shared links won't work for hosting.
images were perfect on all browsers until yesterday afternoon - what is the fix or is this a dropbox issue?
We are rolling out a fix for issues with raw=1 and dl=1 links that started recently. Please try again and let us know if it's still not working.
Same here
so irritating and I’m simply going to have to use another host bc this is unacceptable
- 04/05/2024
Not able to download the files from Shared Links.
Usually the shared link ends with dl=0 by changing it to dl=1 downloads the file directly, but from today its not downloading!!
I know many of them are facing this situation.
Anybody know what is the reason behind it ?
😞Same here ....
Hi,
I have a client who hosts a large number of files on dropbox for users to download through our Webflow site.
Currently, we're using the approach of adding dl=1 to force a download upon a user clicking a button, as documented here.
However, recently the behaviour has changed for Dropbox folders. When our users click the button a new tab opens which directs to Dropbox and then the download starts. For our downloads which are a single PDF, the behaviour is still working as it did previously (the user taps download, the download starts automatically with no new tab)
Is there a reason for this new behaviour with Dropbox folders? Can it be subverted? Is there a workaround or is this something the Dropbox team can revert to the previous behaviour?
Thanks for your help!
- Rich
Super User II
H96Max wrote:
Usually the shared link ends with dl=0 by changing it to dl=1 downloads the file directly, but from today its not downloading!!Are you accessing the link directly in a browser, or are you using it in a plugin or extension for some web page or other type of service (rather than directly clicking the link and downloading the file)?
Test the link in your browser. If the file downloads then the link is working as expected and you'll need to reach out to whatever plugin or service you're using the link with.
If the link doesn't work, provide the error message or take a screenshot of the page you get after clicking the link.
Hi,
Here I leave you a video, before with =1 the download started on the same screen now it takes you to another empty screen.
- Mark
aRealHumanBartender wrote:
so irritating and I’m simply going to have to use another host bc this is unacceptableThat is exactly the issue - Dropbox isnt, and never ever has been, a web hosting tool.
They have (on quite a few occasions now) done things which have stopped things rendering on websites and response has always been the same - Dropbox isnt a hosting platform, its a tool to collaborate and share
Good morning, I do agree with the statement that dropbox isn't a hosting platform. Then remove this https://help.dropbox.com/it-it/share/force-download page.
Really, if it is not intended to allow and manage rendering and download of contents (as a collaboration tool should do, on my personal point of view) then it is ok. I change platform and will not renew my subscription. i don't think Dropbox will care about it. But inform users that this is not allowed and remove pages that explain how to do this.Have a nice day 🙂
torvat-ITA wrote:I do agree with the statement that dropbox isn't a hosting platform. 🙂
I don't agree with that statement. There is no difference between sharing something stored in Dropbox and serving something stored in Dropbox. Arguably, serving as raw=1 takes less processing.
The help page does say that "adding raw=1 to a URL will cause an HTTP redirect", and that could cause problems; but what it appears to be doing at the moment is not simply a 302 redirect (it does do that as well) but actually serving text/html content first. Where a recipient is expecting content-type: image/jpeg or content-type: application/pdf, serving content-type: text/html will cause problems. It's that behaviour which has changed.
This is very distressing, as I imagine others know all too well. I don't want to leave Dropbox but I have to have image hosting. Does anybody have a recommendation for an all-purpose storage and sync cloud service that supports image hosting? I need a terabyte or two of storage. I don't mind paying a nominal fee. Alternatively, is there a middle-man tool that can retrieve a Dropbox image and provide the hosting service?
hi, where do you get this information? could any dropbox staff confirm?
I just put images in my obsidian notes? Dropbox can integrate with notion, why can not be used in obsidian?
