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rweckey
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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JavaScript - I can't get shared_link_already_exists.metadata

Hi,

I want to create a shared link or get a shared link if it already exists with JavaScript.

 

If the shared link already exists, returned error has only '.tag'.

 

 

 

 

error: {
    error_summary: 'shared_link_already_exists/..',
    error: { '.tag': 'shared_link_already_exists' }
}

 

 

 

 

 

So I have no choice to use sharingListSharedLinks 

 

 

 

 

await dbx.sharingCreateSharedLinkWithSettings({
    path: fileId,
    settings: {
      access: 'viewer',
      audience: 'team'
    }
  }).then(res => {
    console.log(res.result.url);
  }).catch(async e =>{
    if(e.error.error['.tag'] === 'shared_link_already_exists'){
      console.log(e.error.error.shared_link_already_exists.metadata.url); // undefined
      await dbx.sharingListSharedLinks({
        path: fileId
      }).then((res) => {
        console.log(res.result.links[0].url);
      }).catch((e) => {    
      })
    }else{
    }
  })
})

 

 

 

 

 

But in API Explorer, error has metadata.url certainly.

 

Can you please tell me what caused this?

Thanks.

  • The shared_link_already_exists error is not guaranteed to contain the metadata of the existing link, so you do need to have sharingListSharedLinks implemented for when the existing link is not returned. The shared_link_already_exists error may not the contain the metadata of the existing link if the requested settings do not match the settings of the existing link, for instance. Note that the existing link returned by sharingListSharedLinks may not have the same settings that you requested, so be sure to check that as needed.

3 Replies

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    The shared_link_already_exists error is not guaranteed to contain the metadata of the existing link, so you do need to have sharingListSharedLinks implemented for when the existing link is not returned. The shared_link_already_exists error may not the contain the metadata of the existing link if the requested settings do not match the settings of the existing link, for instance. Note that the existing link returned by sharingListSharedLinks may not have the same settings that you requested, so be sure to check that as needed.

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    3 years ago

    Hi rweckey,

    You're hitting in painful place of Dropbox API documentation - partial documenting. It's mentioned that "shared_link_already_exists" is optional field of the union, but no anything about what this depends on - that would let probability control. When exists, you can get the metadata, otherwise, as you have done, use link enumerations - least a bit optimization.

    Let's hope the documentation will get improved.

  • rweckey's avatar
    rweckey
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Thank you for your response.

     

    The documentation states that shared_link_already_exists is optional, but I could not determine if this behavior is a feature or a bug.

    It appears that "metadata" is not returned when the parameter "audience" is set.
    I confirmed the same behavior in API Explorer. Sorry for the lack of confirmation.

    I also understood that I must use sharingListSharedLinks and check the link setting.

     

    It would be nice to have better documentation.

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