Hello. My question concerns my recent issue with file sharing. Usually, my links were generated in this way: 'https://www.dropbox.com/s/'. However, lately, every file is being generated in this way: 'https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/'. Do you know a way to restore the old way of generating links? I just need old way of links, because game can't read new links

    Greet 😛

Why the new \"/scl\" link format?

Direct Download on new link architecture is Solved

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1. modifying the dl parameter in the URL
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2. modifying using dl.dropbox.com or dl.dropboxusercontent.com.  
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👉 In both cases you must retain the rlkey parameter for the URL to grant your recipients permission rights to access your file.

What is the DL parameter?

Anything following the ? in a URL are query parameters.  It’s worth reemphasizing that dl parameter in new links did not break and will continue to function identically to those in legacy links.  Manually changing the dl parameter does the following:

What are the dl.dropbox... modifications?

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• Replacing www with dl works exactly like a ?raw=1 link: this will directly render content for public links in the browser. It requires following an HTTP 302 redirect.
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• Works like a ?raw=1 link, but the application or browser will not need to follow an HTTP 302 redirect to access the content.
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none of the suggestions are working for me. i'm attempting to import stylesheets but the game im on isnt reading the new link format, no matter what i do. i've changed everything, deleted everything, and done everything suggested, and no results. i cannot for the life of me understand why nothing will work, no matter what i do. i've tried for days now and i'm getting frustrated.

none of the suggestions are working for me. i'm attempting to import stylesheets but the game im on isnt reading the new link format, no matter what i do. i've changed everything, deleted everything, and done everything suggested, and no results. i cannot for the life of me understand why nothing will work, no matter what i do. i've tried for days now and i'm getting frustrated.

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psykroniumcube wrote:

... the game im on isnt reading the new link format, no matter what i do. ...

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Hi psykroniumcube,

That's why don't use the \"new link format\" (it's not new format actually; might be new and strange way to be introduced), but the old (classical - \"can view\") one. 😉 Use some of the ways I described in my previous post to get link type back.

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... the game im on isnt reading the new link format, no matter what i do. ...

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Hi ,

That's why don't use the \"new link format\" (it's not new format actually; might be new and strange way to be introduced), but the old (classical - \"can view\") one. 😉 Use some of the ways I described in my previous post to get link type back.

The new links to embed an audio file in an html player don't work.

The new links to embed an audio file in an html player don't work.

Great news!  Thanks!

Good to hear, thank you!

So I store a lot of fonts that I've paid for on my dropbox, in case my computer dies and I lose them. And I have the .woff files linked to stylesheets, so they are accessible in coding. 

@import url('https://dl.dropbox.com/s/p6qsidr93tbp8n7/stylesheet.css');

This is how I link a file, however, out of nowhere, a lot of the characters inside the link changed. And there are instances where none of the link changed, but I have to change .dropbox to .dropboxusercontent.

And then there's this instance where the links really look messed up:

@import url('https://dl.dropbox.com/scl/fi/th6o83rg7fwcvl1atzpla/stylesheet.css?rlkey=wbz9a4j77k43ilp1bgw283xyq');

It requires a key now?? IDK

Does anyone know why this is happening, and how I can restore the original links as they were?

Hi Tanaproma, thanks for posting here! 

I've merged your post under a similar thread. I'd appreciate it if you went through this thread, take a look and let me know if you have any questions. 

Thanks a bunch!

Hi, what about the dl=0 vs dl=0key....  I need to be able to replace with raw=1 

Hi caitycordova! You should be able to continue using dl=1 or raw=1 by changing the link in the following way:

Default shared link - dropbox.com/scl/fi/<token>/path.jpg?dl=0&rlkey=<token>

Download link - dropbox.com/scl/fi/<token>/path.jpg?dl=1&rlkey=<token>

Raw link - dropbox.com/scl/fi/<token>/path.jpg?raw=1&rlkey=<token>

Many thanks 
For the record .

I am trying to rendering a .jpg file on the Geocaching.com site.

The second link works ok   dl=1

The third link does not work raw = 1

Thankfully all existing link stay as /s/ so my 300+ images will still work OK.

Please also fix for .zip file type, it had worked fine for /s/ link

Hi everyone,

As an update on the dropboxusercontent issue, the fix is now available. For your shared links that look like \"www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/...\",  you should now be able to generate a direct download of the content using either \"dl.dropbox.com/scl/fi/...\" or \"dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/...\"

Thanks again for the feedback in this post!

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matthewdbx wrote:

...,  you should now be able to generate a direct download of the content using either \"dl.dropbox.com/scl/fi/...\" or ...

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No exactly. The link isn't direct yet; there is still one redirection! One is less than two, but... redirection is still needed. 👈