Automating Sending Email With Link to client files..

To this using the Dropbox API, you can use /2/files/list_folder[/continue] to retrieve the metadata, including both path and id, for existing and new files in the connected Dropbox account.

 

You can then use to get a shared link /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings. The API doesn't offer a way to have Dropbox send the email with the link itself, so you'd need to send the email from your app.

I'm not sure if I've understood your last questions properly, so please let me know if I've missed anything.

To make a call to a Dropbox API endpoint, such as /2/files/list_folder, you need an OAuth access token for the account you want to access. The Dropbox API v2 uses OAuth 2 in particular. You can find information on how this works here:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/oauth-guide

In short, you need to log in (or already be logged in) to the Dropbox web site once to first authorize the app to access your account. From there, you get an access token that you can store and re-use for API calls, without going through that app authorization process again.

Also, here's a basic example of making an API call in PHP using curl:

https://stackoverflow.com/documentation/dropbox-api/412/listing-a-folder/1370/listing-the-root-folder-via-curl-in-php-and-the-curl-extension#t=201701302112566040782

Alternatively, you can use a third party library:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/communitysdks