Getting download URLs from shared folders

[Edit to offer a simpler solution]

The /metadata/link endpoint allows the app to get additional metadata (path, size, etc.) as well as individual links to files within the folder the link points to. To do so, call /metadata/link with the shared link as the link parameter, as well as the desired sub-path as the path parameter. Then modify and use the returned link to download the contents directly:

https://www.dropbox.com/help/201

(You can use list=true first to get the listing of the folder first.)

Hi Gregory, is the metadata/link endpoint available in the Swift API? I can't seem to find it in the documentation or by looking through the source.

The Swift SDK uses API v2, which doesn't currently have an equivalent of /metadata/link. I believe it is planned, but I don't have a timeline to offer right now.

Dropbox API v2 now offers this via the endpoint /sharing/get_shared_link_metadata:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_shared_link_metadata

Thanks Greg!

Gregory, v1 does not have urls to download files. Tried with "public link" url, gives me entries like this:

rualpe-ws:seene-dropbox-experiments paf$ curl -s -d "client_id=$client_id&client_secret=$client_secret&link=https://www.dropbox.com/sh/02pygaow396w775/AAC8ycNc44-87K0To_xeEsLca?dl=0&list=true&path=/Sample Album"   -XPOST https://api.dropbox.com/1/metadata/link |jq .

...

    {

      "rev": "80b8dedbf",

      "thumb_exists": true,

      "path": "/Sample Album/Pensive Parakeet.jpg",

      "is_dir": false,

      "client_mtime": "Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:32:58 +0000",

      "icon": "page_white_picture",

      "bytes": 480098,

      "modified": "Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:44:16 +0000",

      "size": "468.8 KB",

      "root": "link",

      "mime_type": "image/jpeg"

    }

I'm after links to thumbnails and links to file previews.

Alexander, it sounds like you already sorted some of this out, so I'll follow up on the latest thread you replied on, so as not to spam others on these threads.