How to read a shared folder link in v2?

The /2/sharing/get_folder_metadata endpoint you're referring to is for operating on shared folders, but you have a shared link (to a folder) which is a different kind of sharing functionality on Dropbox and so uses a different ID.

If you want information about a shared link, for a file or folder, you can use /2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_shared_link_metadata

Or to download file content from a link:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_shared_link_file

@Gregory, how can you list the files that are at the public shared link?

get_shared_link_metadata does not return the list of files, and does not return the shared folder ID, so how is this possible?

... forgot to write: this must be possible because it is possible in API v1 with 

https://api.dropbox.com/1/metadata/link

... i'm using SwiftyDropbox v2 and not able to do this now

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. 

Wait so in v2 there is no way to list the files in a shared folder?! Ugggh i have to revert my whole app to v1?!

Apologies for the inconvenience! The API v2 shared link endpoint doesn't return all of the same information. I've sent this along as a request but I can't offer a timeline for when it may be added to v2. 

Yeah, "the same information" isn't what's necessary. "Doing the most basic thing that it did in v1", ie. listing files, is necessary.

Crying here.

Vincent, could you please share a bit in V1 how you use that list that v1 https://api.dropbox.com/1/metadata/link gives?

I'm after links to actual files, not just their names.

Can't figure that out from docs so far :(

Alexander, it sounds like you already sorted some of this out, so I'll follow up on the latest thread you replied on, so as not to spam others on these threads.