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mark2mark
Helpful | Level 7
7 years ago
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multiple calls of `files_get_temporary_link`

Hello,

 

I just got stuck when trying to call 

dbx.files_get_temporary_link(path)

 multiple times in python. because I need to create a bunch of links for a dynamically fed input (different paths)

Actually one call works, and as soon as I add one more, i get the Error:

TypeError: 'GetTemporaryLinkResult' object is not callable

 

I cannot find anything in the documentation that points to this issue. I see no reason why it ain’t working.
Help would be very much appreciated.

  • Well, if you uncomment the second call, and hence have both ones running, it doesn’t work anymore at my side. With the exact code I posted before.
    Is that what you also tried, too? You said »both calls, each generating a unique link to the same file.« but it should be two different files. Just saying.

    Now that I wanted to create a simplified version of the code for you, this one actually works. It is very weird though, because it ain’t too different from my actual code. I’ll post the now working one here (maybe also as a refernece for others). But I still don’t understand why my other code doesn’t work.

    #!/usr/bin/env python
    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
    
    import dropbox
    import os
    import traceback
    
    access_token = '*****'
    dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(access_token)
    
    def getTemporaryLink(dbx, folder, name):
    	path = '/%s/%s' % (folder, name)
    	try:
    		link = dbx.files_get_temporary_link(path)
    	except dropbox.exceptions.HttpError as err:
    		print '*** HTTP error', err
    		return None
    	return link
    
    products = ["One.zip", "Two.zip"]
    
    temporaryLinks = []
    for product in products:
    	x = getTemporaryLink(dbx, "myFolder", product)
    	temporaryLinks.append(x)
    
    for linkResult in temporaryLinks:
    	print linkResult.link

     

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  • aesanne's avatar
    aesanne
    New member | Level 2
    7 years ago

    I have an error regarding files_get_temporary_link, how to trouble shooting this?

     

    dropbox.exceptions.ApiError: ApiError('4d0b8810a976a3c06b9f77f38464199c', GetTemporaryLinkError(u'path', LookupError(u'not_found', None)))

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

    aesanne You can find information on each of the errors in the documentation here.

     

    The 'not_found' error means "There is nothing at the given path". You should check the 'path' value you're supplying to the call to make sure you're supplying a valid one.

     

    One good way to check what is in the account is to call files_list_folder with path="". That will list the contents of the root that your app has access to. (I.e., the root of the Dropbox account, for full Dropbox apps, or the root of the app folder, for app folder apps.)

     

    Anyway, this seems to be a different problem than what this thread was for, so if you're still having trouble, please open a new thread with more details so we don't spam the other people on this thread. 

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