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quocvu
8 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Best way to get a file's URL
There are photos in shared folder that I have access to. I would like to get the URL of the photos (the JPEG/PNG) in that folder using the V2 NodeJS API.
I am able to enumerate the files in the folder using filesListFolder(). How do I use the "id" or "name" to get the URL. I would like to have a permanent URL instead of a temporary since I will be storing that value in my DB.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
You can use sharingCreateSharedLinkWithSettings to make a shared link for any file or folder:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/Dropbox.html#sharingCreateSharedLinkWithSettings__anchor
Or, if the shared link already exists, you can use sharingListSharedLinks to retrieve it:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/Dropbox.html#sharingListSharedLinks__anchor
(You may want to use SharingListSharedLinksArg.direct_only to restrict that call to the specific item only.)- pigelectricNew member | Level 2As you mention, a shared link must exist for the sharing-list-shared-links to retrieve it.
The issue I am facing is trying to get a shared link to generate for all files in a folder. I tried using the sharing-create-shared-link with settings API but it only seems to generate the shared link on a folder or individual file basis.
How do I get every file in a folder to have a shared link, without having to go through each file one by one?
THANK YOU- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
There isn't a way to create a shared link for every file in a folder without making a call for each one unfortunately. You'll need to list the files and call sharingCreateSharedLinkWithSettings on each one.
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