Hosting file to pull via wget

Occasionally, I may need to host a file that I will need to pull from Linux via wget.

This short tutorial will detail how to upload a file to Dropbox and share a link in such a way that can be retrieved via wget.

The first step is to upload the file onto https://www.dropbox.com.

Subsequent step will involve sharing a link that will be available to the internet.

1. First select the Share button



2. Once uploaded select the Copy link
 

3. Change the end of the download link to have dl=1 rather than dl=0
 

Once this is done, this link can now be used to download files via wget.

This can be useful to pull binaries such as Splunk add-ons.