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Saving URL to act as a URL Redirect?
I would like to be able to make a share link to a Dropbox file that itself contains a URL such that when the user executes the first link in their browser the end result is that the URL stored in the...
Yes, just fire off a GET request (via ajax or fetch, or your favourite http lib) to the exact public url for the file.
Ensure the file is structured as JSON, and you should be able to either directly read the response as JSON, or you may have to JSON.parse() it, and theres your data.
Then do your favourite JS redirect.
The only issue is that the .html file which triggers all that cannot be stored on Dropbox as a public or shared link, it has to be stored elsewhere.
There is no server involved with regard to my html so 301's etc can't be used.
Maybe I should ask the question this way...
Can I use Javascript to download a file from drop box via a public link. (ie. person not logged into Dropbox) and ingest the data (link) stored in that file into a JavaScript variable?
If I can do that then I can have the JavaScript then fire off that link that it got from the downloaded Dropbox file.
