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Dropbox's code example for sharing a file link in Python not working
#Python code provided by Dropbox import requests import json url = "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata" headers = { "Authorization": "Bearer append-current-toke...
cristrod817, as Greg pointed out, 'url' parameter is missing in your request and of course, the error message, you're receiving, notes the same. Take a look once again in the link you post above. There are 3 parameters - 1 mandatory and 2 optional. You have put only one of the optional params. 🙂 Where is the link you want to check metadata for? That's it.
cristrod817, where is your shared link? 🙃 Did you forget what you're trying achieve - to get shared link metadata? You have to provide a shared link with that url field, not just some URL! What actually do you expect to see as metadata for the 'link' you provided? 😁
Hope this gives the next step.
I am following the exact example provided in The API Explorer.
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/#sharing_get_shared_link_metadata
I can't provide a share link, I am expecting a share link from Dropbox. That purpose of this exercise, isn't it? Or am I missing something? Can you please provide an example? I am just following the example code provided by Dropbox.
Thank you for responding.
This is the shared link I am expecting from my call to Dropbox.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/38czpuizzl9xxq1/Beach%20Vibes%20%28GO%29%206x8%20WEB.jpg?dl=0
So, I don't understand the error.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
cristrod817 Здравко is correct; /2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata is for getting information about an existing shared link that you would specify. It isn't a way to create or retrieve a shared link. I see you were specifying a "url" parameter value of "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/get_file_metadata", which is the Dropbox API endpoint, not a Dropbox shared link. You can find information about Dropbox shared links here.
To create a shared link using the API, you would instead use /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings. To list existing shared links, you would use /2/sharing/list_shared_links.
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