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HEAD request to get Content-Type of shared file no longer working
For a few years now, I've been able to use HEAD requests from my web page to verify that a Dropbox link that a user provides points to a "Content-Type: video/mp4" file
All of a sudden I get the...
Hello @Greg-DB,
Do you have any update on this issue?
Is there a plan to fix it on your side and by when?
Thanks.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox Stafffrebours This is still open with engineering, but I don't have an update or timeline to share. I'll follow up here once I have any news.
Same issues while I'm getting content-length of the file from the direct download link but it's not working, When I try with the Google Drive direct download link it gives all headers data I think because they accept "access-control-allow-methods" to "GET, HEAD, OPTIONS". Maybe the "Head" method is not allowed in Dropbox for file HTTP requests.
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