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Why do Typeform file upload links not work anymore? Any workaround?

  • July 14, 2025
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Hey everyone — quick question for anyone else running into this:

We used to rely on Typeform’s file uploads showing public links like this:

https://api.typeform.com/responses/files/{file_id}/filename.jpg

These worked perfectly — we could drop those links straight into Pipedrive and view the images without needing to log in or authenticate.

But recently, the file URLs Typeform gives us look like this now:

https://api.typeform.com/forms/{form_id}/responses/{response_id}/fields/{field_id}/files/{file_id}-filename.jpg

And now they require API authentication, so clicking them in our CRM just throws an error.

❓ So…

  • Did Typeform change this recently?

  • Is this permanent?

  • Is there any way to get those old-style public file URLs back?

  • Has anyone figured out a workaround that doesn’t involve spinning up custom middleware or rehosting files ourselves?

Would love to hear what others are doing — this totally broke our workflow.
Appreciate any ideas or info 🙌

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  • July 15, 2025

Hey ​@delpzy welcome to the community 😊

Sorry to hear you’re experiencing some issues with the file download URL now, as far as I’m aware Typeform hasn’t made any changes to it, but it could be related to how you pass the URLs to Pipedrive. Have you tried contacting the technical support team yet? It might be worth asking them to take a look at the set up to see if they can identify the issue. 


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