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Shilpa M.
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
Import Email shared file by api.
How can I Download file where I get shared file in mail.
Is there any method in api to get this link.
john b.226
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
Hi again Greg
It seems that there's no documented way to do what I want to do.
As a new user, and someone who will be receiving files from other new users, I'm surprised that:
- the most obvious way (to me) to share a file from the web interface seems to be to hit the Share button to the right of a file, fill in an email address in the pop-up dialog, then hit Share there, as in this screenshot:
- the email sent by Dropbox to me when someone does (1) has no documented way to be processed by a scripted email client. (i.e. it works fine if I'm manually reading the email and clicking on links in a web browser, but I can't see how to automate it)
- if instead, the user clicks on the create a link and manually copies/pastes that link into an email to me that they compose in their email client, I can easily parse the link and
automate file download using the V2 API.
Sorry if I'm being obtuse, but it seems the process could be made simpler and less surprising
if step (1) generated an email from dropbox.com that contained a link I could handle automatically as in step (3).
If I've missed something in your explanation, please elaborate. If not, is there a way to file
this as a feature request?
Thanks!
John B
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