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Can I access the Public Links automatically in FileMaker?
My clients are using the FileMaker database platform for their business's workflow, and they need to be able to store images in Dropbox, and view them in FileMaker/Preview/Adobe PDF Reader.
FileMaker has a thing called a WebViewer, where you can view and interact with web pages directly in FileMaker. Is there any way they can upload a file through the WebViewer and then get its Public Link straight back into FileMaker without having to click a button to get it, and then paste it into FileMaker?
I've done a test, and determined that I can do the upload in the WebViewer, so I just need to be able to get back the Public Link.
Many thanks.
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
If you're using the Dropbox API, you can get a link to a file using /shares:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/docs#shares
This returns the same kind of link as the feature on the web site:
https://www.dropbox.com/help/167
In either case, note that these links point to a preview page for the file by default, but you can modify these links for different behaviors, e.g., to return the file content directly, as shown here:
Not sure how to say thank you, except like this, so thank you! I shall look into these links. :)
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