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Vincent P.9's avatar
Vincent P.9
Explorer | Level 4
10 years ago

How to read a shared folder link in v2?

When I share a dropbox folder by passing a link to someone, the format is something like: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/someid/someotherid?dl=0 Here is the API to read a shared folder: https://www...
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Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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10 years ago

Hi Tim, unfortunately that endpoint in API v2 doesn't currently return those particular pieces of information, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request. 

  • gilbertwulff's avatar
    gilbertwulff
    Explorer | Level 3
    9 years ago

    Hey, is there an update on this already? I'm trying to get the shared folder id using the GetSharedLinkMetadataAsync method and its returning a way different id (ie:  id:3loy3mKeW5AAAAAAAAAACw) compared to the one expected in the MountFolderAsync method. 

     

    Is there a way i can get the right folder id using an api from a shared folder link?

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