sharing url files using iframe

arch2020

Hi all,

 

I am trying to access my files, through generating shared url, which I managed to do using python for my website. I am trying to implement an iframe 3d model viewer, which require a certain file with dxf or dwg extension, which typically generated from CAD file. However, when I provide the url and change the dl=1 or use raw=1, as shown below:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/example/skyline.dxf?dl=1

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/example/skyline.dxf?raw=1

 

I also looked at the dropbox documents regarding to embedding files--that didn;t help me much because it uses dropbox to view the files. my iframe require using a certain viewer which only need direct access to the file.

 

Is there a better way to access and provide a driect link to the file, to view the model?

 

Thank you for feebacks in advance

Greg-DB

Using the raw=1 parameter, as documented here, is the right way to get direct access to the file content from a shared link like this. It sounds like that's not working for you though. Are you getting any particular error or unexpected output?

 

Note that the client will need to be able to follow redirects, so if your viewer doesn't support that, that may be the issue.

 

Alternatively, if temporary links would work for your use case, you could get temporary direct links (which don't require a redirect or URL parameter modification) by calling /2/files/get_temporary_link, which is available as files_get_temporary_link in the official Dropbox Python SDK.