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How to download files from a publicly shared folder?
We developed an app using an endpoint from v1 /1/metadat/link (to list all from a shared link). I couldn't find any endpoint from v2 having same functionality. My app has a simple a functionality...
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 ?
Greg-DB
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Dropbox Community ModeratorRichardTSchaefe The list_folder endpoint unfortunately doesn't support "app authentication" (i.e., so no user access token is required), only "user authentication" (where a user access token is required), so I'm afraid I don't have a good solution for this use case. I'm sending this along as a feature request.
I can traverse the folder Shared Folder using a USER token (as opposed to a App/User token) using the files/list endpoint.
The path is relative to this shared folder.
Do I use a path of the form {id:UniqueID} ? with the files/download request ?
Or do I somehow have to use the {sharing_info: ???? } property ?
If it's the former ... can I use a path of the form {id:UniqueID} in the files/list_folder request ?
If I could vote ... I would prefer using {id:UniqueID} doe /list folder ... then to access a folder (your own, or a shared, you only need the UniqueID)... the filesystem like path is then determined by the context of the request.
- Greg-DB
RTS S. Both /2/files/list_folder and /2/files/download support both file IDs and paths. (You can check the supported formats in the documentation for the 'path' value.)
So, for instance when calling /2/files/list_folder, you can supply the 'path' parameter containing either the 'id' of the folder you want to list, or the full path to the folder.
Likewise, when calling /2/files/download you can supply the 'path' parameter containing either the 'id' of the file you want to download, or the full path to the file.
I use the same code to Navigate (files/list_folder) and download (files/download) for both my APP/User token and for a shared folder using a User token. I am able to download a file using an id:xxxx for the path using my APP/User token. But having problems with the shared folder: The following is for a Test File in a Test Account. URL: POST: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder post args: { "path": "", "shared_link": { "url": "https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tva3ktdtul2qkth/AACU1dkvaBr31u6sIiDstKACa"}, "include_media_info": false, "include_deleted": false} Result: { "entries": [ {".tag": "file", "name": "2-11011_in__flight.jpg.sdvef", "parent_shared_folder_id": "3372935536", "id": "id:sQqvvpADHyAAAAAAAAAAIA", "client_modified": "2018-06-21T13:49:31Z", "server_modified": "2018-06-21T13:49:32Z", "rev": "12c90ae970", "size": 99110, "sharing_info": {"read_only": true, "parent_shared_folder_id": "3372935536", "modified_by": "dbid:AACm4Dw3RG5ecK3uwT2z3MVi2GWwuS6rYBg"}, "content_hash": "442d907dc20fffe801d271a6512e5c58906adb157329e5e9356b91e323a9d2bb"} ], "cursor": "AAH96nNWXINQZ4eyuP2VShr5_NM-LfHyN_XSlyR98jhdwct-3t3fIncgCM7X9Eh_-LRQk4jP-IMK52-wQSQKFXCGyseUo3xm8Izh8_9GI_9_EVbB1RYrEiGV9BLNX3znJKUhxnsB8_Q_euGZBBe_X34_0f85NXG595ciaEmzWj7HtXhfLEFQPhlCqu05XoRSQUs8NNkHU3up60VaD6-Zp6Fsn2iem9h9gLuQIWpc8C9O-meRNmAyafZW9FvTT2zAi8r6xkUg-BUJkLUYYVTNmTM_", "has_more": false } URL: GET https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download Headers: Dropbox-API-Arg {"path":"id:sQqvvpADHyAAAAAAAAAAIA"} Range bytes=0-99109 Result: ERROR: Content: {"error_summary": "path/not_found/.", "error": {".tag": "path", "path": {".tag": "not_found"}}} Headers: { Content-Security-Policy: sandbox, sandbox allow-forms allow-scripts Connection: keep-alive Server: nginx X-WebKit-CSP: sandbox Transfer-Encoding: chunked Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 23:35:18 GMT X-Content-Security-Policy: sandbox Vary: Dropbox-API-Arg, Authorization X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow, noimageindex X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff X-Dropbox-Request-Id: 8e068903125489c79e7132583f05b8d7 }Do I need to do something different for downloaing a file from a shared URL ? I provided the public link .... but it's a test account with a test folder with a single file. I provided it so you might try accessing the file ...
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