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Michmm90
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6 years ago

Dropbox download API is not working for shared files

Hello I want to download a file someone shared with me using the API, meaning get file content in response content same as in "files/download" call. Unfotunately this call does not work for shared ...
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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

Michmm90 Thanks for the report! As you found, downloading received files via /2/sharing/get_shared_link_file is unfortunately not currently working, nor is it possible to do so via /2/files/download. I'm afraid that means the API doesn't currently have a working way to download these files programmatically. This is open with the team, but I don't have a timeline on a potential solution to offer.

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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

This should be fixed now. Please try this with /2/sharing/get_shared_link_file again and let me know if you're still seeing any issues.

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