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rustyx2
Helpful | Level 5
10 years ago

How to list a shared directory via Dropbox API?

I am writing an app that needs to download all the files from a directory shared via a link. But when a link is a folder, /2/sharing/get_shared_link_file returns: HTTP/409 shared_link_is_dire...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

API v2 doesn't return the file/folder listing for shared links, e.g., in SharedLinkMetadata/FolderLinkMetadata, unfortunately. I'll send this along as a feature request though.

 

(A workaround would be to use the deprecated /1/metadata/link.)

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tim
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago

Hi Greg

I am unable to migrate my app (Grab for Dropbox) to API v2 because of this issue.

Please update us when you can deliver this for API v2 -- being able to list contents of a shared folder is a basic requirement, i'm surprised this is still missing from API v2. How are shared links supposed to be useful if you can't use the API to recurse the file structure?

thanks

 

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    Greg-DB
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    9 years ago
    Thanks for the feedback Tim! I'll add your feedback to the feature request, and be sure to update this thread with any information if/when I have it.
    • xaphod's avatar
      xaphod
      Explorer | Level 4
      9 years ago

      Hi Greg

      Please unmark this as solved. It's not solved until this works on a version of the API that isn't about to be switched off.

      Is this working in v2 yet? My apps depend on it

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        Greg-DB
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        9 years ago

        This isn't available in API v2, and I don't have an update on this unfortunately.

         

        (Also, Rustam opened this thread and marked the post as a solution, so I believe he can unmark it if he wants to.)

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