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Get thumbnails of files from shared folders
Hi there,
I get list of files inside shared folder using "2/files/list_folder" with "shared_link" parameter and I am using response from "2/files/list_folder" into "2/files/get_thumbnail_v2"...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorYou should be able to use /2/files/get_thumbnail_v2 to get a thumbnail of a file from a shared link for a folder. I just tried it out and it worked for me. Here's an example of what the call might look like for curl, for instance:
curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_thumbnail_v2 \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>' \
--header 'Dropbox-API-Arg: {"resource":{".tag":"link","path":"/test.jpg","url":"<SHARED_LINK>"}}' \
-o out.jpgIn this example, "/test.jpg" is the relative path of the file for which I want the thumbnail in the linked folder.
If something's not working as expected for you, please show us the steps and code you're using that result in the issue so we can take a look. Make sure to redact any access token though.
nadeemphpdots, In addition to what Greg said, you can use those calls also with Application Authentication. In other words, you don't need to be logged in since shared resource isn't something private (by assumption).
Greg-DB, I thought to post the example in App Authentication section, but there is a mistake. Can you use path in anonymous access, alone?! 😉 Maybe some documentation corrections are need.
- Greg-DB
Yes, this works with app authentication as well. In that case it would look like:
curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_thumbnail_v2 \ --header "Authorization: Basic <ENCODED_APP_KEY_AND_SECRET>" \ --header 'Dropbox-API-Arg: {"resource":{".tag":"link","path":"/test.jpg","url":"<SHARED_LINK>"}}' \ -o out.jpg
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