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perco
Explorer | Level 4
6 months ago

Get file content url from dropboxusercontent domain with javascript

Hello, I'm encountering a problem while trying to obtain the content URL of a file. Specifically, when I use a shared link to fetch a file, I receive a 302 response but i encounter CORS issues. ...
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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    6 months ago

    Hi perco,

    In cases like yours, an easy workaround would be to replace original share link domain, pointing to your music/song (www.dropbox.com) to dl.dropboxusercontent.com, without changing anything else. 😉 That's it.

    Hope this helps.

Здравко's avatar
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
6 months ago

Hi perco,

In cases like yours, an easy workaround would be to replace original share link domain, pointing to your music/song (www.dropbox.com) to dl.dropboxusercontent.com, without changing anything else. 😉 That's it.

Hope this helps.

  • perco's avatar
    perco
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 months ago

    Works like magic.
    Thanks a lot !

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