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Laurielounge
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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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Greg-DB
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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!

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Greg-DB
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7 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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