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Copy public link is not working on dropbox.com
Hi I've been using that COPY PUBLIC LINK from dropbox.com for years and at first it used to actually copy it to the windows copy buffer as it should. Over the past couple of months it would pop the...
Mohammed L.1 wrote:
The shortening feature is no longer working.
The shorten link function has been removed from Dropbox. This has been slowly happening for the last couple of years as the feature was removed from various parts of the service. If you would like to continue to shorten any of your links, you will want to look for services that focus specifically on providing that feature, such as bit.ly or goo.gl.
Oscar Y. wrote:
I got this problem today and it is not working now. Do you have any idea about what is going on?
It seems to be working fine here. Try clearing your browser's cache/browsing history and try again, or try another browser.
Copy Public Link
Rich
Super User II
Super User IINow this is your public link and you can share it to users without having DB account.
That's not a Public Link, but a Share Link, and they act slightly different. If you see your user number in the link such as /u/1234567 (as opposed to a randomly generated number) then it's a Public Link. If you see a random number in the link such as /s/0skuwdlhg6q4fol then it's a Share Link.
Share links open by default on the preview page but you have more control of them by changing the ?dl=0 at the end. A 0 will preview, a 1 will download, and ?raw=1 will present the file in its raw format (good for embedding images). See here and here for more info.
Share Links can also be created for any file or folder in your account, where Public Links can ONLY be created for files in the Public folder.
Unfortunately this does not allow for embedded images. Only previewing on Dropbox's site.
Create a share link and change ?dl=0 to ?raw=1.
