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quocvu
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9 years ago

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 ...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago
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.)
  • pigelectric's avatar
    pigelectric
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago
    As 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's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      9 years ago
      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.
      • pigelectric's avatar
        pigelectric
        New member | Level 2
        9 years ago

        Oh darn, I was thinking that might be the case. Is there a way to automate that ?

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