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Cannot call filesDownload for entries in a sharedLink to a folder (get path_not_found)
My use case is that I have a sharedLink to a folder where I'm not the owner and I'd like to build a little viewer for the contents of the that folder. I can get the list of files in a folder but ...
When calling /2/sharing/get_shared_link_file, 'url' would be the shared link URL, and 'path' would be the relative path for the file you want.
So, for your example above, you could use:
'url': 'https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1dj7xiu7s0kgqoo/AADQjza7GmZlOFZk9pk0KHVda?dl=0'
'path': '/Papa Smurf.pro'
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThe /2/files/download endpoint only supports downloading files in the connected account, so this error is expected in this case.
For this use case, you'd instead need to use /2/sharing/get_shared_link_file (sharingGetSharedLinkFile).
Both of those only support "user authentication" though, so an access token is necessary. I'll pass this along as a feature request for support for calling without an access token, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
Another option would be to download from the shared link itself using the "dl" parameter documented here, but that doesn't offer a way to specify an get only a particular file from the linked folder.
Also, I should note that scraping the Dropbox web site is prohibited by the terms, and subject to break without warning anyway.
But `sharingGetSharedLinkFile` requires an URL and all I have in those entries is an `id` (and some other fields, but not `url`) - is there any other way I should go about this? Gracias!
- Greg-DB
When calling /2/sharing/get_shared_link_file, 'url' would be the shared link URL, and 'path' would be the relative path for the file you want.
So, for your example above, you could use:
'url': 'https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1dj7xiu7s0kgqoo/AADQjza7GmZlOFZk9pk0KHVda?dl=0'
'path': '/Papa Smurf.pro'
Thank you so much, totally works!
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