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diziet
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8 years ago

Downloading from a shared, password-protected folder

Hello -   I am trying to access a shared folder that is password protected. Currently, I can get the contents of the folder with list_folder() but it is unclear how I would get actual downloads for...
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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

hashken This is a bug on our side unfortunately. It's open with engineering, but I don't have a timeline for a fix right now.

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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

This issue with calling /2/sharing/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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