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Is it possible to get the share link for a file which has been uploaded to dropbox?
I want to integrate Dropbox with my android app. After authentication when I upload a file to Dropbox I also want to retrieve the share link for that file. Is it possible to get it with metadata? Is ...
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You can use the Dropbox API to get a shared link for a file you've uploaded. It isn't included with the file metadata itself, so you just need to make an additional API call.
For example, with Dropbox API v2, you can use the /files/upload endpoint to upload a file:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload
In the Dropbox API v2 Java SDK, that corresponds to the upload method:
Then, you would use the /sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings endpoint, e.g., via the createSharedLinkWithSettings method, to get a shared link for the file:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-create_shared_link_with_settings
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v2.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/sharing/DbxUserSharingRequests.html#createSharedLinkWithSettings-java.lang.String-
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