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Teebob
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8 years ago

Can't download file from a password protected shared folder - 'shared_link_access_denied'

Hi I'm trying to download a file with API from a subfolder of a password protected shared folder using the 'get_shared_link_file' function and but I'm receiving: 'shared_link_access_denied'. I am p...
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Greg-DB
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7 years ago

johntrenwith This is still open with engineering, though I still don't have an update on it yet. I'll bring this up with them again.

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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

This issue with calling get_shared_link_file with a password is now fixed and should be working properly.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused, and thanks again for bringing this to our attention.

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