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Arian H.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

public links to raw files?

Im a developer and I like using Dropbox as a small CDN to throw up files on for testing (like putting a whole JS Lib onto JSFiddle for testing). However recently I cant seem to figure out how to ge...
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Rich
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10 years ago

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/4shinfx72yzqsws/jquery.maskedinput-merged.js?dl=0

A share link with "www" at the beginning will open in the preview page.

A share link with "dl" at the beginning will tell your browser to handle the file as it sees fit (display in the browser, open in a configured application, or present it for download).

A share link with "dl" at the beginning and "?dl=1" at the end will force your browser to download the file.

Examples using an animated GIF file:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0skuwdlhg6q4fol/History%20of%20GIF.gif

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/0skuwdlhg6q4fol/History%20of%20GIF.gif

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/0skuwdlhg6q4fol/History%20of%20GIF.gif?dl=1

 

 

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