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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?
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Been using the raw=1 code at the end of Dropbox links to load images to a Wordpress site that has very limited local storage. All of the images uploaded with this link are no longer loading, but images from the web are still working fine.
Hi
I use images from Dropbox to display images on websites. For this I use the public link such as:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5x1t2ddk9wlhxz5naoscg/2204-01.jpeg?rlkey=m8zkxxnzge6s05rqo696m0jq8&raw=1
(ending dl=0 replaced by raw=1).
This no longer works. No image is displayed on the website.
If I add the address:
directly into the browser, the adress is redirected to
Why that? I think that the redirect is the reason why the image can no longer be displayed on the website where the image is integrated.
Any idea to solve this issue?
Just an FYI this only is affecting files later than June of 2023. All of my prior files will still load with raw=1
FWIW, I'm seeing the broken links with images shared in April. Some older images are still working, but I'm not sure when the cut-off date is yet, if there even is one.
I read elsewhere that the cutoff could be March, but there is no official confirmation from Dropbox about this issue. For now, I'm assuming no images are guaranteed to remain active.
Hopefully, Dropbox can clarify what's going on.
mondstaub wrote:...
If I add the address:
directly into the browser, the adress is redirected to
https://ucd8a1098089b4c4a8845e8a7d2b.dl.dropboxusercontent.com/cd/0/inline/CSR-j0SA5XN8_K8Lvb8wcnZjUS-ET9TqBGZlXDQJjXPcaeqGAHINekXc1mb-tgzx-Sq7g1twcAf32L6TbV-94Jx4q85sxuObdvn4sl6iNuRBjfUrUg6rJLDDOJS4PmZ_ndV2egfdRLNMuQpQgypmrdJ0/fileWhy that? I think that the redirect is the reason why the image can no longer be displayed on the website where the image is integrated.
...Hi mondstaub,
Actually No. Dropbox links have been always redirecting. You probably haven't noticed but any other than preview link has redirected all the time. So described by you is not something new and byself cannot be the reason for observed issue. Despite there is something new and it's about how this redirection happens! While till some time ago it was protocol redirect (HTTP location redirect), recently Dropbox started using page redirect (HTML page redirect itself to another place). This is something problematic in most use cases since while an image is expected text file is received, for instance. Since this is NOT something normal, that confuses most applications (including media players, browsers, etc.). Only few are able to handle HTML redirect. Of course when loaded in the main frame of a browser (not as an image inside page or something else) all web browsers handle such redirection correctly (on such a place would be strange to be something other than HTML, so HTML redirect is possible too). That's why those links work in browsers as a page, but do not it while embedded in any way. That's what the nature of this issue is. Combined with forbidding, forced by Dropbox, of such "pages" to load as inline frame, for instance, makes this issue even more hard. There are still some workarounds (not all link types are changed yet). 😉
Hope this clarifies matter.
iggy097 wrote:Just an FYI this only is affecting files later than June of 2023. All of my prior files will still load with raw=1
Hi iggy097,
Yes and No. There is nothing related to "ages" of your files, but to their links creation time. Old links (created before last "move") would continue work, but all new links (it doesn't matter to old or new files) will follow discussed new behavior (I hope still, it's some mistake that will be fixed). 🤷 That's it. In other words, this change is not retroactive for links.
Good luck to all of us.
