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Laurielounge
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

Downloading shared file python API

Hi all, Python 3.6, using module dropbox.  I have a URL for a file shared from someone else's dropbox account. The file gets regularly updated (same name, same link). I wish to download from this l...
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Laurielounge's avatar
Laurielounge
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

Okay. No go on that link.

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dropbox/base.py", line 3350, in sharing_get_shared_link_file
   None,
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dropbox/dropbox.py", line 274, in request
   timeout=timeout)
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dropbox/dropbox.py", line 365, in request_json_string_with_retry
   timeout=timeout)
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dropbox/dropbox.py", line 454, in request_json_string
   raise InternalServerError(request_id, r.status_code, r.text)
dropbox.exceptions.InternalServerError: InternalServerError('64c2c45dfd812b3bbbc893c67e834378', 503, '')

Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
7 years ago

Thanks for checking that and providing the additional information. As you found, the type of sharing you're using uses "/scl/fi/" link, as opposed to the standard "/s/". (The latter is what you get from the API itself, such as from sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings for a file, or when copying a shared link for a file manually.)

Unfortunately, the "/scl/fi/" kind of link isn't supported for downloading from the API, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. Apologies I don't have better news for you!

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    6 years ago

    Downloading this kind of link via sharing_get_shared_link_file should work now. Please try again and let me know if you're still seeing any issues.

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