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qazimuneeb1
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5 years ago
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Hi. I have made my own app using dropbox api. I am having different json files in my dropbox, my app does the following functionality   1) download specific file 2) edit that file 3) after ed...
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    Greg-DB
    5 years ago

    Yes, this is fine. Dropbox shared links don't break when editing the linked files, and I'm not aware of any plans to introduce a change like that.

     

    One note though, in general WriteMode.update is more recommended than the overwrite mode, as it's safer. Using overwrite can lead to your app overwriting new changes that it wasn't aware of.

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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

Yes, this is fine. Dropbox shared links don't break when editing the linked files, and I'm not aware of any plans to introduce a change like that.

 

One note though, in general WriteMode.update is more recommended than the overwrite mode, as it's safer. Using overwrite can lead to your app overwriting new changes that it wasn't aware of.

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