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edh
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago
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Getting Share Link Before Upload Completes

Hi,   Is it possible to add a file to dropbox and get the share link *before* the upload completes?   We're adding video files, which may take several minutes to upload, so having the user wait i...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    9 years ago
    No, I'm afraid I can't think of another workaround for this. Using the deprecated endpoint or using a placeholder file are the only things that come to mind.

    The shared links can't be "computed" exactly, since the token in the URL is randomly generated only when the link is created.
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Steve L.
Helpful | Level 6
9 years ago

What would be very helpful would be an atomic batchUploadFiles which created and returned share links for all of the URLs in the uploadFilesUrlsToCommitInfo dictionary (to use Obj-C terminology).

 

This would simplify sharing a batch of files, reducing both latency and the number of requests needed.

 

Consider this a feature request :)

 

 

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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

Steve L. Thanks! I'll send that along.

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