How to download files from a publicly shared folder?

I'm having the same issue. I have a shared_link to a folder and I'd like to enumerate each file in that folder and be able to download each one independently.

I'm using the Javascript version of the SDK.

So I'm calling 

filesListFolder({url: "", shared_link: {url: myURL}}

and that returns a list of file metadata but I cannot figure out a way to go from that response and the data in each file's metadata to something I can use with the filesDownload (id seems surprisingly not-useful for non-mounted content) or any of the sharing download functions (which all require an URL for each file which is not something in the response).

How can I do this?

To download a file from a shared link for a folder using the JavaScript SDK, use the sharingGetSharedLinkFile method. You should supply the original shared link, i.e., the same URL you passed to filesListFolder, as well as the relative path for the particular file in the folder you want to download.

Ok, I tried this and I can't make it work.

for instance I have the shared link (to a folder full or text files):

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pytim78xyjqj3di/AACXk4N35DeQpR14dPxLRFOla?dl=0

Inside that folder, as enumerated by filesListFolder I have items like:

{
  ".tag": "file",
  "name": "willin.pro",
  "parent_shared_folder_id": "1699528",
  "id": "id:LmyYmvEGCjcAAAAAAAC4TA",
  "client_modified": "2018-03-18T20:35:30Z",
  "server_modified": "2018-03-18T20:37:13Z",
  "rev": "18f2e2f80019eec8",
  "size": 1631,
  "sharing_info": {
    "read_only": true,
    "parent_shared_folder_id": "1699528",
    "modified_by": "dbid:AAAkG7maZxQE1y3-wnhlj6tstjqqo8rqYow"
  },
  "content_hash": "896e0660f614202d880a7010f4f6c55cdf1141cffa0d3c1dcdfcbec3ebbdcc00"
}

So I tried

dbxClient.sharingGetSharedLinkFile({
  url: "https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pytim78xyjqj3di/AACXk4N35DeQpR14dPxLRFOla?dl=0", 
  path: "/id:LmyYmvEGCjcAAAAAAAC4TA"
})

and I tried:

dbxClient.sharingGetSharedLinkFile({
  url: "https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pytim78xyjqj3di/AACXk4N35DeQpR14dPxLRFOla?dl=0", 
  path: "/willin.pro"
})

The latter 2 get 409s.

elsigh The first one is incorrect because this endpoint doesn't support file IDs in that `path` parameter. (If it did though, you would supply just the "id:..." string, without a leading slash.)

The second one is correct, and it works for me. Can you share the full output you're getting?

(Make sure to use both `then` and `catch`, so you can get the API response or error, respectively.)

dbxClient.sharingGetSharedLinkFile({url: "https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pytim78xyjqj3di/AACXk4N35DeQpR14dPxLRFOla?dl=0", path: "/winllin.pro"}).then(resp => { console.log(resp); }).catch(err => { console.error(err); })

{"error_summary": "shared_link_not_found/.", "error": {".tag": "shared_link_not_found"}}

It looks like you just have a typo in your `path` value. You have "/winllin.pro" instead of "/willin.pro". (Note the extra 'n'.)

Ah, egads, thank you!

I am using a WEB API for manipulating user files when I am acting on behalf of a dropbox user.

However I can have a user that does not have a dropbox account that is presented with the shareded folder link.

If I want to use the shared_link in the files/list_folder request  so I can traverse this shared folder.

Can do so without an authentication token ? 

As I indicated I have a use case where I do not have a dropbox account, but I have been granted the shared_link ... so the user does have access to the content.

If the shared_link had a password ... what would the JSON payload need to contain to access the folder ?