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genieprimetime
Explorer | Level 3
11 months ago

How can I directly access a file from a shared Dropbox link?

Hi, I want to create a shared link to a file stored in Dropbox that is view only.  I can do that but the link that is generated always displays the image surrounded by the Dropbox interface.  I would...
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genieprimetime
Explorer | Level 3
11 months ago

Hi, thanks for your response but still a nogo.  In the image attached, you can see from another image hosting website the type of 'direct' url that I can embed into my 3rd party application to display as part of a report or dashboard. I just don't see that in Dropbox.

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
11 months ago

Hi genieprimetime,

Did you try to just append "&raw=1" to the link? If not try it. 😉

Hope this helps.

 

Edit: My mistake! For this link you would need to append "?raw=1". (it's the only param here)... Or not...🤔 Are you sure the link match to the image? I don't think so... You have edited it! In all case just replace the initial "dl=0" to "raw=1" (either prepended with '?' or'&' - keep the original).

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