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bhuwan
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

get url to embed in file

Hi There, I have tried files/get_thumbnail, get_preview endpoints but I am not able to get any response that I can embed in HTML. Is there any way to get thumbnail or preview URL so I can display all...
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Greg-DB
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7 years ago

The get_thumbnail and get_preview endpoints return the requested thumbnail or preview data directly in the response body (as application/octet-stream). Exactly what you do with the data is up to you; for instance, you might save it to your server and serve it back to the web browser, convert it to a different format, etc.

The Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to retrieve links for thumbnails or previews instead, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

  • Jens S.1's avatar
    Jens S.1
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 years ago

    +1 Maybe extend the /get_temporary_link to work with preview - would be ideal for my use case. Thanks

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

      Jens S.1 Thanks for the feedback!

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