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rgat1988
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10 months ago

Play Dropbox Video in my Unity Project

I am trying to access playing several Dropbox Videos from my folders in my Unity Project. But I need to play the videos using API in Dropbox. How can I do that? I am running into issues with the vide...
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DB-Des
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10 months ago

Hi rgat1988

It is not possible to play media directly from the API. However, you could create a shared link for the video via /sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings. You can then use the created link to render the media on a website or direct users to that link.

If you are encountering errors specific to the Dropbox API, please reply with:

  • the name and version number of the platform and SDK/library you are using, if any
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rgat1988
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10 months ago

Is there any instructions on creating a shared link? Like example scripts 

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    DB-Des
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    10 months ago

    rgat1988, while we don't have specific code snippet examples to create shared links, we do have more detailed guide on how to create shared links using the Dropbox API here. 

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