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AlexK
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10 years ago

Is there programatical way to know that shared link is link for deleted file?

Hi There is shared link for file. If file is deleted then link returns Dropbox page with message:   That file isn’t here anymore   And returned HTTP status for request is 200. For example https...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

The shared link itself isn't a good interface for this unfortunately, as it will return a 200 showing an HTML error page for the user, as you noted.

 

Instead, I recommend using the API. You can use the /2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata endpoint to get information about a shared link:

 

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

 

If the link is still active, you'll get the metadata back. If the file or folder has been deleted, you'll get a 409 with a shared_link_not_found error.

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