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Get Url to Folder by ID
Hello,
so we have a list with the ids for folders in the format "id:XXXXXX".
Now I need a URL to share/open for that id.
I tried https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_metadata but I only get the "parent_shared_folder_id".
Does anybody have a idea how that can work?
Dropbox unfortunately does not offer a way to directly get a link to a folder from an ID like this, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
There are some things that may work depending on the scenario though:
- If the folder itself happens to be a shared folder, or you are able to make it a shared folder (e.g., using /2/sharing/share_folder), you could then call /2/files/get_metadata with the 'path' set to the ID of the folder to get the 'sharing_info.shared_folder_id' which is the shared folder ID, and then call /2/sharing/get_folder_metadata with that 'shared_folder_id' to get the 'preview_url'.
- You could call /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings with the 'path' set to the ID of the folder, and 'settings.audience' set to 'no_one' to get a link that would refer to the folder on the web site for anyone who has access to it, though not directly enable any additional access to it.
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LarsD wrote:...
Now I need a URL to share/open for that id.
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Hi LarsD,
Do you mean a shared link? 🤔 If so, you can create such link using /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings API call. 😉 Just put id as path there. If link already exists for particular id, shared_link_already_exists error will get back containing the existing URL. If you know your links exist for all ids already, you can list_shared_links.
Hope this helps.
Hi @Здравко,
not exactly sharing.
We have a CRM where we have customers. For each customer we have a folder in a team folder in the dropbox. And for each customer we selected the id: with the widget.
Now we want a link form our CRM to the dropbox page of these folders.
I kinda want the preview link from that:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_folder_metadata
But I don't have the right shared_folder_id.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox unfortunately does not offer a way to directly get a link to a folder from an ID like this, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
There are some things that may work depending on the scenario though:
- If the folder itself happens to be a shared folder, or you are able to make it a shared folder (e.g., using /2/sharing/share_folder), you could then call /2/files/get_metadata with the 'path' set to the ID of the folder to get the 'sharing_info.shared_folder_id' which is the shared folder ID, and then call /2/sharing/get_folder_metadata with that 'shared_folder_id' to get the 'preview_url'.
- You could call /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings with the 'path' set to the ID of the folder, and 'settings.audience' set to 'no_one' to get a link that would refer to the folder on the web site for anyone who has access to it, though not directly enable any additional access to it.
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