Dropbox hack: get download stats for public files

http://300milligrams.posterous.com/dropbox-hacks-public-file-stats

by markkofman • 15 years ago

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kevingadd• 15 years ago

How does this work?

with short-links redirecting to the file, it could be done with url shortener with stats, it's just more convenient generating them with this service I guess

markkofman2• 15 years ago

correct. it was very inconvenient every time you need download stats to open bit.ly for that.

JCB_K• 15 years ago

This isn't really a hack: it's just a streamlined way to have shortlinks to you Dropbox-files with built-in statistics. What's next, an article by the bit.ly people saying they got a hack to get stats on links you post on Twitter?

voidfiles• 15 years ago

Even then it's not streamlined. I can just use bit.ly to shorten a link to a file. No syncing, no need to share dropbox credentials.

esutton• 15 years ago

before i would even think of touching this i'd need to know what sort of permissions im giving this app. And secondly, you care about stats on links that you intend to leave up for a long time as well as give to a lot of people. Im not sure I would trust an on the side project to keep up links that I distribute widely.

All that said, there was talk on the dropbox blog a while back about releasing analytics tools but we haven't heard anything since then.

markkofman2• 15 years ago

No worries, even if app will disappear your link will be served by bit.ly.

Dropbox hack: get download stats for public files

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