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Arron G.'s avatar
Arron G.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Get all files in shared link loder

I'm looking to use the v2 api to download the contents of a shared folder from a link like this: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/[some_junk]/[some_other_junk]?dl=0 this link is not necessarily gener...
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Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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9 years ago
Dropbox API v2 now supports listing the contents of a shared link for a folder. This can be accomplished using the same interface as listing a folder in a connected user's account, via the list_folder functionality. To list the contents of a shared link for a folder, you instead provide the shared link URL in the `shared_link` parameter to list_folder:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder

If you're using an official SDK, there will also be a corresponding method for this endpoint:


In the .NET SDK that's available as `ListFolderAsync`:

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/M_Dropbox_Api_Files_Routes_FilesUserRoutes_ListFolderAsync_1.htm


In the Java SDK that's available via `listFolderBuilder` to get a `ListFolderBuilder` on which you can call `ListFolderBuilder.withSharedLink`:

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v3.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/files/DbxUserFilesRequests.html#listFolderBuilder-java.lang.String-

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v3.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/files/ListFolderBuilder.html

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v3.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/files/ListFolderBuilder.html#withSharedLink-com.dropbox.core.v2.files.SharedLink-


In the JavaScript SDK that's available as `filesListFolder`:

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/Dropbox.html#filesListFolder__anchor


In the Python SDK that's available as `files_list_folder`:

https://dropbox-sdk-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/moduledoc.html#dropbox.dropbox.Dropbox.files_list_folder


In the Swift SDK that's available as `listFolder`:

https://dropbox.github.io/SwiftyDropbox/api-docs/latest/Classes/FilesRoutes.html#/s:13SwiftyDropbox11FilesRoutesC10listFolderAA10RpcRequestCyAA0C0C04ListF16ResultSerializerCAH0if5ErrorK0CGSS4path_Sb9recursiveSb16includeMediaInfoSb0O7DeletedSb0O24HasExplicitSharedMembersSb0O14MountedFolderss6UInt32VSg5limittF


In the Objective-C SDK that's available as `listFolder`:

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/api-docs/latest/Classes/DBFILESUserAuthRoutes.html#/c:objc(cs)DBFILESUserAuthRoutes(im)listFolder:
jyotinarang's avatar
jyotinarang
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

Hi Greg,

 

I was successful in listing the folders and files from the shared folder, however, I am still having trouble downloading data. The meta-data shows the fields 'path_lower' and 'path_display'  to be empty. Could you suggest if I can download the files after listing the entries?

 

Thanks

Jyoti

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    8 years ago

    jyotinarang It sounds like you're calling list_folder with a shared link owned by a different user than the one for the access token you're using. In that case, the path values won't be included, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. 

     

    That means you'll need to manually build the relative path from the 'name' value. E.g., if the returned metadata entry for the file you want in the root of the folder is "test.txt", you would pass "/test.txt" to get_shared_link_file.

    • jyotinarang's avatar
      jyotinarang
      Explorer | Level 4
      8 years ago

      Thanks Greg for the information. I can see that the function get_shared_link_file() expects a url as parameter. However, this value is not available to me when I get information about the folder. How do I construct a url from just the name?Even with relative paths, I don't see a way to construct the url of the files within the main folder.

       

      Thanks

      Jyoti

      • Greg-DB's avatar
        Greg-DB
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        8 years ago

        jyotinarang Apologies, this thread was about originally about getting the files when working from a shared link for a folder, so I assumed that's the scenario you're working on as well, in which case the 'url' would just be the original shared link for the folder.

         

        If you don't have the link, it sounds like you may be referring to a different scenario. In that case, please open a new thread with the details and code you have so far so we can help with it: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/forums/postpage/board-id/101000014

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