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rustyx2
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10 years ago

Programmatically download someone's shared file?

I'm writing an app that needs to be able to download files shared by other users (via a URL, with user's consent). Now I know by default the URL contains "dl=0" part which prevents automated DL, an...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

Yes, you should use that parameter for downloading from shared links. It's documented in this help center article:

https://www.dropbox.com/help/201

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