OneDrive Direct Download Link Generator for new 2024 API cracked - Working

NEW API FOR 2024 HACKED and now working see below, for some regions the new API has come into effect.

Microsoft OneDrive Direct File Download URL Maker

I get asked all the time to by my clients to provide a way to direct download URL to a file and NOT preview the file, especially if the file is large. It's often very confusing for novice users to have preview mode of file, such as PDF files which launch a separate user interface. Moreover, if the file is over 100Mb, the preview appears too slowly for most users, and they'll abandon the file.

So I came up with this mini "App", it takes a OneDrive Share Link and returns the direct download URL for that file.

Enjoy! The original download maker since 2014.

Microsoft OneDrive Direct File Download URL Maker for old links

1. Right-click on item in Onedrive, Choose Embed.

For images, this does NOT work. Embed gives you the direct URL of the image (see below).

2. Click Generate button

3. Get Embed code from Onedrive as in picture above. i.e.: <iframe src="https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=8F99649728BEB2F3&resid=8F99649728BEB2F3%211010&authkey=AFo8ZQ_-qj84DEQ" width="98" height="120" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>  see instructions below, if you don't know how. NOTE : For images there an extra step below.

Copy Embed Code (red arrow 3) and paste into text-box below. Click Get embed link button. This will fill 3.1, then click Get Download Link.

This will produce, extract the File Embed Link which looks like: https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=8F99649728BEB2F3&resid=8F99649728BEB2F3%211010&authkey=AFo8ZQ_-qj84DEQ and populate the text-box below. To proceed click "Get Download Link" button.

NEW 3.1 Alternatively, you can paste (ctrl-v) your OneDrive File Embed Link in text-box below and click "Get Download Link" button below or 2024 OneDrive Share link

4. Now, Click on Get Download Link button.

Text-box will be highlighted so you can copy the full link. To copy, right-click and choose  "Copy" or simply (ctrl-c) to copy link. Note: Entire URL is automatic selected for your convenience.

 


Now you can Paste (ctrl-v) and share the OneDrive Direct Download Link in your email ;)

Microsoft OneDrive Direct File Download URL Maker for new 2024 API

A new OneDrive 2024 API is being rolled out across geographic regions around the world and this is how to deal with it.

1. Mouse over item in OneDrive, and click ... and choose Embed, to get embed code.

2. Copy the embed code and extract the link. You can use Step 3 above, or copy and paste into Notepad and extract manually. Keyboard shortcut to copy (CTRL-C). Keyboard shortcut to paste (CTRL-V).

This is what the link will look like

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsRPggdGwZFcjVEiJ1LvYyO1qZm9?embed=1

3. Copy and paste this into a new tab in your preferred browser.

This is area is known as the address bar. 

4. This may open an intermediate page that looks like this image below.

If you see this page, you must click on the link below the zip folder. Specifically, the yellow highlighted under the link touchx64v.1...

5. Once you see the OneDrive preview page to download the file, copy the URL in the browser address bar. Keyboard shortcut to copy (CTRL-C). Make sure you selected the entire link. Keyboard shortcut to Select All (CTRL-A).

If you copy into Notepad this is how the newly generated link by new 2024 API looks like as generated by new OneDrive 2024 API. 

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ACInUu9jI7Wpmb0&cid=5C91C14607824FC4&id=5C91C14607824FC4%211745&parId=5C91C14607824FC4%21609&o=OneUp

6. Paste (Ctrl-V) browser address bar link into New 3.1 step above (scroll to top of page), under title Microsoft OneDrive Direct File Download URL Maker for old links instructions and paste link there.

Then continue to step 4.  Now, Click on Get Download Link button.  above.

7. Done. Share your download link. 

Another 1st by metadataconsulting.ca 😺 💫

Alternates, this did not work

“You can also create a public download link for a file in OneDrive by:

1. Selecting the file or image and clicking "Share" on the top
2. In the link settings, setting the link as "Anyone with the link" and "Allow editing"
3. Clicking "Apply"
4. Clicking "Copy"
5. Adding the text "&download=1" to the end of the URL “

For Images, you get a direct url

1. Right-click on image and select Embed. The Copy the URL to embed image now gives you direct download URL, but is super long.
   
   So you do not need to do the above! 

You can also remove everything after the ? 

https://wyztwg.by.files.1drv.com/y4mucnXH4ZIfty_kXg9nYvgjHKJMw-XkCLfcBvI7ipNMNidsCjSMyNcw4cFyNlB0WKO9M-VNquASIbFp9DlTJPrjpqk2ex4GmzoVcA_2OOAp1G1ZiGK_U_UPjmfTj_hmtd41HascgLLyjTbEKJlDzXfFhyOXPngJ_ovCRPxL14pt1B0er3HaJvRxjkpru0z85Wiua9JhMP-BvbADeKnISGTqQ?width=1082&height=539&cropmode=none

to

https://wyztwg.by.files.1drv.com/y4mucnXH4ZIfty_kXg9nYvgjHKJMw-XkCLfcBvI7ipNMNidsCjSMyNcw4cFyNlB0WKO9M-VNquASIbFp9DlTJPrjpqk2ex4GmzoVcA_2OOAp1G1ZiGK_U_UPjmfTj_hmtd41HascgLLyjTbEKJlDzXfFhyOXPngJ_ovCRPxL14pt1B0er3HaJvRxjkpru0z85Wiua9JhMP-BvbADeKnISGTqQ

Using OneDrive as a CDN

Bonus : For images, read Using OneDrive as a Content Delivery Network (CDN)  plausibility post.

Setting up Notepad++ to use with Python language indentations code-style

From Python's official style guide (PEP 8 – Style Guide for Python Code) one should, 

        use 4 spaces per indentation level. 

To set-up Python language indents in Notepad++,

• Choose Settings->Preferences->Indent Settings for python

To execute a python script, see 

Running and debugging Python in Notepad++ with IDLE || Mount CREO

Notepad++ IDE setup for Python(github.com)

How does 'Convert to ANSI' and ANSI Encoding function work in Notepad++

What is the difference between function 'Convert to ANSI' and selecting ANSI character set for a file? 

Let's start with an example; ᒋ Inuktitut symbol for 'gi'. The hexacimal representation of ᒋ is e1 92 8b opened in FRHED a free hex editor.

The 'Convert to ANSI' actually reduces the character set to fit within the ANSI range of 0-256 characters. ANSI encompasses on the upper end the Latin-1 Supplement plane to handle some established European languages. 

So, characters greater than decimal 256 or 0x3f in hexadecimal are converted to a question mark (?).

When you 'Convet to ANSI' on gi, it became a question mark 0x3f in hex. In Notepad++ you see a question mark as well. 

Select Encoding -> ANSI, does not change the values, just how they are displayed in Notepad++. 

How to open a URL with emacs from the Windows command line

Here's how start emacs with a URL from the Windows command line so you can surf a website, using emacs built-in and very fast and stable text browser. EWW stands for GNU Emacs Web Wowser.

cd C:\Program Files\Emacs\emacs-28.2\bin
emacs --eval "(eww \"https://google.com\")"

emacs -f eww-browse https://google.com

Result

This will open emacs, but the command window will still wait until the emacs client in closed. 

To get around this and this long command line, use my Clipboard Plaintext PowerTool to copy URL and launch Emacs text browser in 1-click! :) 

What is the difference between Convert to ANSI function versus ANSI Encoding in Notepad++

What is the difference between function 'Convert to ANSI' and selecting ANSI character set for a file? 

Let's start with an example; ᒋ Inuktitut symbol for 'gi'. The hexacimal representation of ᒋ is e1 92 8b opened in FRHED a free hex editor.

Convert to ANSI Function

The 'Convert to ANSI' actually reduces the character set to fit within the ANSI range of 0-256 characters. ANSI encompasses on the upper end the Latin-1 Supplement plane to handle some established European languages. 

So, characters greater than decimal 256 or 0x3f in hexadecimal are converted to a question mark (?).

When you 'Convet to ANSI' on gi, it became a question mark 0x3f in hex. In Notepad++ you see a question mark as well. 

Selecting ANSI Encoding

Select Encoding -> ANSI, does not change the values, just how they are displayed in Notepad++. 

That's the difference! 

How to create an inline Base64 image tag using Notepad++

This how to create an inline Base64 image tag using Notepad++, so can paste the following code into an email or use in your HTML SPA code.

  <img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,xxxxxxx" alt="inline of image" />

Here are the steps using Notepad++

1. Open your image in Notepad++, in the example image below, it's called clippy.jpg. 

2. Press CTRL-A to select all the text, this is very important to select all the text.

3. Choose Base64 Encode from Plugins menu to encode selected text to Base64. 

4. Add data:image/jpeg;base64, to the beginning if the text. The mime type must match image extension, for example for .PNG image file the mime type is image/png;base64 (appending ;base64 to indicate encoding). For .gif image/gif, See mime type list here, search for 'image/'.

5. Press CTRL-A and paste into your image src="PASTE HERE" tag. Make sure you have the double quotes.

5. OR Save this file as "clippy.jpg.b64" for future reference. 

How to Disable PWAs in Microsoft Edge/Chrome browser

How to prevent Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) from installing on your desktop. 

A PWA is a web-based app created using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that can be installed from a website like a regular desktop application. Once installed, the operating system will create a PWA shortcut and add it to Add or Remove Programs in Windows and under the /Users/<account>/Applications/ folder in macOS.

Recently these have been used to steal credentials and are unsafe. 
New phishing toolkit uses PWAs to steal login credentials (bleepingcomputer.com)

In Edge, type in address bar about://flags, search for 'handling' and change the settings to match image below. All settings that required changes are now all changed to Disabled. 

about://flags, search for 'PWA'

and change the settings to match image below.  All settings that are required to change are now all changed to Disabled. 

about://settings, search for 'application'

Change to off position as in image below.

about://settings, search for 'protocol'

Change to off position as in image below.

about://settings, search for 'apps'

Turn on Block Potentially Unwanted Apps.

Microsoft Defender SmartScreen must be enabled to turn on Block Potentially Unwanted Apps.
But note MDSS, talks to Microsoft servers, and is a privacy leak. 

Service workers are used by PWAs. To list and delete current service workers type in address bar

chrome://inspect/#service-workers

To disable you need an add-on unfortunately.

How to disable Service Workers on Chromium based browsers through uBlock · bonina.eu

Sources: 

PWAs as URL Handlers  |  Capabilities  |  Chrome for Developers

Handle protocols in Progressive Web Apps - Microsoft Edge Developer documentation | Microsoft Learn

Test PWA - 

https://www.bmw.ca/en/topics/offers-and-services/bmw-digital-services-and-connectivity/my-bmw-app.html

OneDrive Direct Download Link Generator for 2024 Breaking API Change

Change for 2024  OneDrive Direct Download Link Generator for 2024 Breaking API Hacked - Working. In some regions the embedded link generated looks like https://1drv.ms/t/c/a/#############, see link for workaround.

Microsoft OneDrive Direct File Download URL Maker

I get asked all the time to by my clients to provide a way to direct download URL to a file and NOT preview the file, especially if the file is large. It's often very confusing for novice users to have preview mode of file, such as PDF files which launch a separate user interface. Moreover, if the file is over 100Mb, the preview appears too slowly for most users, and they'll abandon the file.

So I came up with this mini "App", it takes a OneDrive Share Link and returns the direct download URL for that file.

Enjoy! The original download maker since 2014.

Microsoft OneDrive Direct File Download URL Maker

1. Right-click on item in Onedrive, Choose Embed.

For images, this does NOT work. Embed gives you the direct URL of the image (see below).

2. Click Generate button

3. Get Embed code from Onedrive as in picture above. i.e.: <iframe src="https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=8F99649728BEB2F3&resid=8F99649728BEB2F3%211010&authkey=AFo8ZQ_-qj84DEQ" width="98" height="120" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>  see instructions below, if you don't know how. NOTE : For images there an extra step below.

Copy Embed Code (red arrow 3) and paste into text-box below. Click Get embed link button. This will fill 3.1, then click Get Download Link.

This will produce, extract the File Embed Link which looks like: https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=8F99649728BEB2F3&resid=8F99649728BEB2F3%211010&authkey=AFo8ZQ_-qj84DEQ and populate the text-box below. To proceed click "Get Download Link" button.

3.1 Alternatively, you can paste (ctrl-v) your OneDrive File Embed Link in text-box below and click "Get Download Link" button below


4. Now, Click on Get Download Link button.

Text-box will be highlighted so you can copy the full link. To copy, right-click and choose  "Copy" or simply (ctrl-c) to copy link. Note: Entire URL is automatic selected for your convenience.

 


Now you can Paste (ctrl-v) and share the OneDrive Direct Download Link in your email ;)

For 2024, a new API breaks the above

Update Oct 31, 2024 - Metadata Consulting [dot] ca: OneDrive Direct Download Link Generator for new 2024 API cracked - Working

Rolled out is some regions, the above method will not work. Here's the work-around.

1. Choose item in OneDrive and click Download button.

1a. In your browser (Edge shown), choose the download link to display downloaded history.

2. Select download item and then right-click on the downloaded item.

3. In Sub-Menu select Copy download link, that will give you a very long link. And that works!

Warning: This link only last 1 hour. Please see comments below.

For Images, you get a direct url

1. Right-click on image and select Embed. The Copy the URL to embed image now gives you direct download URL, but is super long.
   
   So you do not need to do the above! 

You can also remove everything after the ? 

https://wyztwg.by.files.1drv.com/y4mucnXH4ZIfty_kXg9nYvgjHKJMw-XkCLfcBvI7ipNMNidsCjSMyNcw4cFyNlB0WKO9M-VNquASIbFp9DlTJPrjpqk2ex4GmzoVcA_2OOAp1G1ZiGK_U_UPjmfTj_hmtd41HascgLLyjTbEKJlDzXfFhyOXPngJ_ovCRPxL14pt1B0er3HaJvRxjkpru0z85Wiua9JhMP-BvbADeKnISGTqQ?width=1082&height=539&cropmode=none

to

https://wyztwg.by.files.1drv.com/y4mucnXH4ZIfty_kXg9nYvgjHKJMw-XkCLfcBvI7ipNMNidsCjSMyNcw4cFyNlB0WKO9M-VNquASIbFp9DlTJPrjpqk2ex4GmzoVcA_2OOAp1G1ZiGK_U_UPjmfTj_hmtd41HascgLLyjTbEKJlDzXfFhyOXPngJ_ovCRPxL14pt1B0er3HaJvRxjkpru0z85Wiua9JhMP-BvbADeKnISGTqQ

Using OneDrive as a CDN

Bonus : For images, read Using OneDrive as a Content Delivery Network (CDN)  plausibility post.