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Forum Discussion
Upload to Dropbox From URL?
Is it possible to upload a file to dropbox given a general download URL? I want to keep a backup of a file in Dropbox, but the file is large enough (1.2 GB) and my network speed is bad enough (9311/766 Kbps) that either I'll be waiting forever for the upload to finish (because of automatically limited uploads) or else I'll clog up the entire bandwidth with the upload; the machine that the file is initially saved on is not "on all the time" so 'just wait for the speed-limited upload' isn't a viable option.
If I could save the contents of the URL directly to my dropbox and then sync as-needed it would be a non-issue, but I don't see a built-in way to do that (I would rather not use browser-specific extensions if possible). Did I just miss something obvious, or is this a known problem?
- Rich
Super User II
737703 wrote:
Is it possible to upload a file to dropbox given a general download URL?
What, exactly, do you mean?
If I could save the contents of the URL directly to my dropbox and then sync as-needed it would be a non-issue ...I'm not following how you're expecting this to work. Can you explain it in detail?
given a publicly visible download url (such as https://github.com/raekuul/MMExt-Scripts/archive/refs/heads/main.zip), how do I add that file to my dropbox without first downloading it to any of my devices?
