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Programmatically Process Shared Link Folders and Sub-Folders and Their Contents
Well I'm still at a loss.
I have the shared link to a folder that I need to check on a daily schedule to see if there's new files. The logic of which is all fine, but I just can't access anythi...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorTo list the contents of a folder nested inside a folder, where you only have the shared link for that top folder, you can use /2/files/list_folder again with the original top-level shared link, but then specify the relative path of the nested folder (e.g. built from the returned 'name' fields), in the "path" parameter.
Here's a real example I just ran to illustrate this:
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "{\"shared_link\": {\"url\": \"https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tpgtd066g1umb13/AACPWhKNrRujRZHM3p7vXP1Qa?dl=0\"}, \"path\": \"\"}"
# {
# "entries": [
# {
# ".tag": "folder",
# "name": "another folder",
# "path_lower": "/public/another folder",
# "path_display": "/Public/another folder",
# "parent_shared_folder_id": "2448313264",
# "id": "id:T9-uzcb3s4AAAAAAAAAAFw",
# "sharing_info": {
# "read_only": false,
# "parent_shared_folder_id": "2448313264",
# "traverse_only": false,
# "no_access": false
# }
# },
# {
# ".tag": "folder",
# "name": "some folder",
# "path_lower": "/public/some folder",
# "path_display": "/Public/some folder",
# "parent_shared_folder_id": "2448313264",
# "id": "id:T9-uzcb3s4AAAAAAAAAAGw",
# "sharing_info": {
# "read_only": false,
# "parent_shared_folder_id": "2448313264",
# "traverse_only": false,
# "no_access": false
# }
# },
# {
# ".tag": "folder",
# "name": "one more folder",
# "path_lower": "/public/one more folder",
# "path_display": "/Public/one more folder",
# "parent_shared_folder_id": "2448313264",
# "id": "id:T9-uzcb3s4AAAAAAAAAAHA",
# "sharing_info": {
# "read_only": false,
# "parent_shared_folder_id": "2448313264",
# "traverse_only": false,
# "no_access": false
# }
# },
# {
# ".tag": "file",
# "name": "Getting Started.pdf",
# "path_lower": "/public/getting started.pdf",
# "path_display": "/Public/Getting Started.pdf",
# "parent_shared_folder_id": "2448313264",
# "id": "id:25N5ksooX-sAAAAAAAKbwQ",
# "client_modified": "2015-01-30T22:53:09Z",
# "server_modified": "2018-02-16T18:05:53Z",
# "rev": "191ee4bb0",
# "size": 249159,
# "sharing_info": {
# "read_only": false,
# "parent_shared_folder_id": "2448313264",
# "modified_by": "dbid:AABL4QRrY7tB9viLgPUqmjkzE6Fe5ujlnlE"
# },
# "is_downloadable": true,
# "content_hash": "c3dfdd86981548e48bc8efb6c4162c76ba961ec92e60f6ba26189068a41fcaf2"
# },
# {
# ".tag": "file",
# "name": "hello.txt",
# "path_lower": "/public/hello.txt",
# "path_display": "/Public/hello.txt",
# "parent_shared_folder_id": "2448313264",
# "id": "id:25N5ksooX-sAAAAAAAAZYA",
# "client_modified": "2014-07-02T01:28:43Z",
# "server_modified": "2018-02-16T18:05:53Z",
# "rev": "291ee4bb0",
# "size": 14,
# "sharing_info": {
# "read_only": false,
# "parent_shared_folder_id": "2448313264",
# "modified_by": "dbid:AABL4QRrY7tB9viLgPUqmjkzE6Fe5ujlnlE"
# },
# "is_downloadable": true,
# "content_hash": "82674cafa4320daa280b666af141db2b5bd7db4dff3b69dd91a6caea9e30dafb"
# }
# ],
# "cursor": "AAE77A9T4tcyL7eoj_qL_4C735arjRfDRL8yg-yBRm0LxVYkGlPWtyoihPXig3uKLM8EUBmtUHXDMMnqSzkkbCAeqy3e3IeX2M1rV2NtNKobfmPVVMbK1LiOyn9jI9AsDnF8HHkbgGnlgUw4CvJ1Y1q2pJU-UMzy7qR6K8nYhe2vAcuTfBJmSFgCny3YXlutGJZFubiv9n0-Xmr-i7f5ctcSDUqfw1_sw4mGGmHGIyo3lP_1XJRD9DOOW7WZTYt2Uwr3sVjluPJmO93MUMlu6zEs3pB7xVVTNKk4J24IdcSH2A",
# "has_more": false
# }
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "{\"shared_link\": {\"url\": \"https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tpgtd066g1umb13/AACPWhKNrRujRZHM3p7vXP1Qa?dl=0\"}, \"path\": \"/another folder\"}"
# {
# "entries": [
# {
# ".tag": "file",
# "name": "test.png",
# "path_lower": "/public/another folder/test.png",
# "path_display": "/Public/another folder/test.png",
# "parent_shared_folder_id": "2448313264",
# "id": "id:T9-uzcb3s4AAAAAAAAAAIA",
# "client_modified": "2020-06-23T15:46:34Z",
# "server_modified": "2020-06-23T15:46:35Z",
# "rev": "5a8c2439cb67d91ee4bb0",
# "size": 1427,
# "sharing_info": {
# "read_only": false,
# "parent_shared_folder_id": "2448313264",
# "modified_by": "dbid:AABL4QRrY7tB9viLgPUqmjkzE6Fe5ujlnlE"
# },
# "is_downloadable": true,
# "content_hash": "3c6f88e464f1389ab9fc1a0c28c335e357bc61cf76e10e7bf3f146795e64e9f7"
# }
# ],
# "cursor": "AAFWX5jkg5A6CEUiSOA_lCsuVVHlv2yCFtEkrE9CE4gKFmM3XFjUKL2znkL8V9104ofmyRBuSTIcjl1OOMy6_iuI21csGMIwqapxis_E0azOD7ZMDJQ0tJjMJ39sZ9i-WitNwuu0TDgzJn0UjDr7b9ZFktktVvK9VM5zB3W-3as0YaLmPpb8-4MovsdSiaQ12CSBRClnNVXSOa1T6SSOy3ktqn3SxFyr_fbXlzoevO2RiKthJHgdcFg7BGe89LN4_UKvpPFVGLZFdk6ZX6txXe3fW4Nuvq6k8a0HjLYSJt_yz_417KcLw8-a9sa97OxUYHXjqiDfkKWztFzEX4mWGpky",
# "has_more": false
# }
Hope this helps, or let me know if I've misunderstood your use case!
Hi, Greg, thanks for that, but as stated, it doesn't work, because the URL for the subfolder is not the same as that of the main folder.
I'll try again, though.
Thanks for splitting this out, though. Since it has been split, then, could we change the title, perhaps, please? (I'll try, too)
Perhaps:
Programmatically Process Shared Link Folders and Sub-Folders and Their Contents
- Greg-DB
Thanks for following up. I see you did successfully rename the thread.
Anyway, I understand that the shared link, e.g., as seen in the browser, is not the same for the subfolder as the main folder, but to call /2/files/list_folder for a subfolder, you don't actually need the shared link for the subfolder in particular. You just need the combination of the shared link for the main folder, and the relative path of the subfolder.
Check out the two API calls in the sample I posted. The first lists the contents of the main folder using its shared link, and the second list contents of a subfolder using that same main folder shared link, plus the relative path, constructed from the information in the first response.
If I understand correctly, that satisfies your use case here, but please elaborate if not. Thanks!
Hi, Greg-DB , cheers ... I mean ... it sounds like it should ... but now I'm just hit with more issues.
I'm starting from scratch, and when I run the code that you gave with the URL I now get this error:
Error in call to API function "files/list_folder": request body: shared_link: unknown field 'path'
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