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link to a folder
I am working on using Dropbox Business integrated with a corporate application. When we share a folder with a member of staff, I need to provide a link to the folder that will work, even if they rena...
I'm not sure that's exactly what I need though - I need to be able to lock the permissions down to a single Dropbox group - if it opens it up to the whole organisation then that's much too wide for the purposes for which I need it.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHi Simon, thanks for clarifying. I just took a closer look at this and I believe the SharedFolderMetadata.preview_url will actually work the way you want in this case. (Apologies I didn't think of that in my earlier reply.)
That is, you can call /2/sharing/list_folders[/continue] to list the shared folders in an account, or /2/sharing/get_folder_metadata to get a specific one, and get the returned SharedFolderMetadata.preview_url for the desired folder. That link will actually properly resolve for any member of the shared folder, e.g., even if they moved the shared folder in their own account.
Likewise the same metadata/link is available when you share a new folder using /2/sharing/share_folder and check on the operation using /2/sharing/check_share_job_status, or when modifying an existing shared folder using /2/sharing/update_folder_policy.
Also, you can share a shared folder with a specific group using /2/sharing/add_folder_member.
Hope this helps!
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