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TC888
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Able to download non shared files using API

I need to build a simple tool for downloading shared files that can run as a cron job, so I'm learning the API and Java SDK.  In my tinkering, I've encountered some behavior that I don't understand. ...
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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
4 years ago
TC888 wrote:

...  Is this a bug?  ...

Hi TC888,

If you can access non shared file in such a way that for sure would be a bug. Is the file non shared really? 🤔 Taking in account following:

TC888 wrote:

...  Is the link generated by "copy link" usable by anyone without authentication? ...

Most probably you are talking here for a shared link. If so, Yes - that's the idea of shared link - providing access to particular resource (file/folder) without account authentication. 😉 Clarify to yourself what actually you are doing! Shared link associated resource can be downloaded with App Authentication, without account authentication.

Hope this helps.

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