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tjosten
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Dropbox Transfer API

Hi there, as developer of Dropshare (https://dropshare.app), I'd love to see an API for Dropbox Transfer (https://dropbox.com/transfer). Any plans for that?
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rjodwyer
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Given we are seeing spammers using Dropbox Transfer to host phishing files, API access shouldnt be an afterthought on a service like this.

 

We use the existing Dropbox API to check Dropbox files before releasing to end users.

 

Its not possible to do this with Transfer links so we are contemplating bouncing all emails that contain Dropbox transfer links.

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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! I'm passing this along to the team.

  • homedeck's avatar
    homedeck
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 years ago

    Hi @Greg, any word on this? We could really use this feature as WeTransfer has officially deprecated their API.

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      Greg-DB
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      6 years ago

      homedeck No, unfortunately I don't have any news on this request.

      • homedeck's avatar
        homedeck
        Explorer | Level 4
        6 years ago

        @Greg-DB are there any engineers from the Transfer team on these forums? If not, I'll highly recommend you all consider it. Unity, the game engine, has done it with success. We, users, are able to discuss in real time with the engineers responsible for implementing and managing features. This indirection where you have to forward issues seems incredibly inefficient, given that you only seems to send them things and they never (ever) seem to get back to us with any information. It's been a month and no word on this.

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