Api v1 - can I create Permanent Direct Url ?

The Dropbox API doesn't currently offer a way to generate permanent direct links like that, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request. 

What exactly do you need it for? If you just need to download file content, the normal download endpoints are the best option:

v1: https://www.dropbox.com/developers-v1/core/docs#files-GET
v2: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-download

Those return the data directly though, not via a URL.

If you really need links, the only current workaround is to use a shared link:

v1: https://www.dropbox.com/developers-v1/core/docs#shares
v2: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-create_shared_link_with_settings

Those don't offer direct file access by default, but can be modified as necessary. This isn't recommended though, as these links are listed to the user on https://www.dropbox.com/links which may confuse them as to why they exist. These links are also subject to bandwidth limits.

 

Hi Gregory, 

Thanks a lot for your answer and sorry for replying late.

A common use case for my internal app would be to generate a new file and upload it to dropbox via the api v1. For the end users of my app, this file would be represented as a report, which they would possible want to download through our own UI. The download url would have been set at creation time, when uploading the file, whereas the download could occur a week later for example, or never :) . However, this is not a problem. Now that I know about the 4 hour limit, I can generate the download url on demand, when the user needs to download the file. 

Thanks for your help, 

-victor

Hello, I uploaded images on dropbox using api v1.

but i need to view that images on my website for gallery.

I get image url but it redirect to dropbox but i need to view that image in lightbox jquery plugin.

lightbox jquery plugin not able to get image using short url of dropbox api.

Please give me solution for my problem.

 

Thanks,

Maulik

HI Maulik, it sounds like you could use the shared links modifications I mentioned in my last reply:

https://www.dropbox.com/help/201

And if you're using API v1 to get the shared links in the first place, you can set short_url to false to avoid the short links:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers-v1/core/docs#shares

Thank you Gregory for your valuable  response.

It helpful for me.

Thank you again.