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Large Data Upload
Now have large data upload working, only 1 thing I cant do is share the folder. Errors on bold text, how do I get the parent shared folder ID after upload. Private Async Function ChunkUpload(path ...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorIn this latest snippet of code, I see you're using ShareFolderAsync. Since that call is to share a folder itself, it doesn't have ParentSharedFolderId like files in shared folders do.
ShareFolderAsync returns Task<ShareFolderLaunch>. You should use CheckShareJobStatusAsync to check the status after calling ShareFolderAsync. CheckShareJobStatusAsync returns Task<ShareFolderJobStatus>. If ShareFolderJobStatus.IsComplete, you can use ShareFolderJobStatus.AsComplete to get the SharedFolderMetadata.SharedFolderId.
OK, getting a bit further now, what if I already have a shared folder that exists, I get the exception "bad_path/already_shared", can I check if a folder share already exists?
- Greg-DB
Making the call and catching that exception is fine, but if you want to check beforehand, you can call FilesUserRoutes.GetMetadataAsync for the folder itself and check the returned FolderMetadata.SharingInfo. (Or, you can list all of the shared folders on the account using SharingUserRoutes.ListFoldersAsync/SharingUserRoutes.ListFoldersContinueAsync.)
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