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Babaraba Abdabi's avatar
Babaraba Abdabi
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

I want to obtain the URL of a file on Dropbox via an API.

I want to get the URL of the file for users with the appropriate access permissions to the file. This is not about the shared link URL. Is there an API to get the URL of a file on Dropbox? Or is the...
Babaraba Abdabi's avatar
Babaraba Abdabi
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Thank you for your reply.
I understand that there is no API to obtain the URL for direct access (not sharing url).

In that case, I am considering a way to construct a link URL from the file path. Can I assume that all can be accessed from under `/home/` ?

example)
```
lower_path = "/foo/bar/baz/something.pdf"
dirname = File.dirname(lowerpath) # /foo/bar/baz
basename = File.basename(lowerpath) # something.pdf
"https://www.dropbox.com/home#{dirname}?preview=#{basename}"
```

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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

Babaraba Abdabi As Здравко mentioned, you shouldn't assume that a link constructed like that will be necessarily correct always. We don't officially support building links like that; I recommend trying out the 'no_one' shared link option that I mentioned and that Здравко reiterated, as it sounds like it would be useful for your scenario.

  • Babaraba Abdabi's avatar
    Babaraba Abdabi
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    Thank you for your replies.
    I see, I understand that the case where constructing a URL is effective is extremely limited, and it is generally better to use the no_one sharing link.
    My question has been resolved.
    Thank you for your answers. These were really helpful.

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