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ndelamaide
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2 years ago
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Expired link not deleted from file

Hello,   For my company I wrote a script that sets an expiration date for the shared links and all works well. The only issue is that once the expiration date passes, the link is expired but not ...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    2 years ago

    There are technically different types of shared links, and the exact behavior of this may vary for the different types.

     

    In any case, the API doesn't offer an option to explicitly control that behavior, but you can remove a shared link on demand by calling /2/sharing/revoke_shared_link.

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2 years ago

There are technically different types of shared links, and the exact behavior of this may vary for the different types.

 

In any case, the API doesn't offer an option to explicitly control that behavior, but you can remove a shared link on demand by calling /2/sharing/revoke_shared_link.

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