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TheBadger
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Get folder links

Hello,  I've been tasked with creating shared folders for our team. Each team member will get their own folder that will contain files specific to them. I need a way to collect or create the shared...
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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

Yes, you can use the Dropbox API to automate the creation of shared links. For Python, we recommend using the official Dropbox API v2 Python SDK:

 

https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python

 

With that, you can use the sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings method to create a shared link for any file or folder:

 

https://dropbox-sdk-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/dropbox.html#dropbox.dropbox_client.Dropbox.sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings

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    TheBadger
    Explorer | Level 3
    5 years ago

    Sorry I'm obviously not understanding the documentation because I keep getting an error. 

    The folder i want the link for is called test it's in the same directory as the python code.

     

    the_link = dbx.sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings('/test', settings=None)
print(the_link)

     

     

    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "D:\james\Dropbox\Project KMG Instructors\dropbox test.py", line 13, in <module>
    the_link = dbx.sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings('/test', settings=None)
    File "C:\Users\james\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\dropbox\base.py", line 4060, in sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings
    r = self.request(
    File "C:\Users\james\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\dropbox\dropbox_client.py", line 346, in request
    raise ApiError(res.request_id,
    dropbox.exceptions.ApiError: ApiError('21aabc3f746b4a0ca5f079118eb3a353', CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsError('path', LookupError('not_found', None)))

     

    Sorry I'm new to all this.

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      Greg-DB
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      5 years ago

      The path, "/test" in your code here, should be referring to the path of the file or folder in the Dropbox account, not related to the location of the code you're running.

       

      I recommend reading the File Access Guide for reference.

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