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GaryH_BAR01's avatar
GaryH_BAR01
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2 years ago

Replicate Dropbox Transfer Functionality VIA API

I really enjoy the use of the Dropbox Transfer functionality to send copies of files to end users that may or may not have a Dropbox account, require that the use a password, be notified that the fil...
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Greg-DB
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2 years ago

Dropbox does not currently offer API functionality for Dropbox Transfer, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.

 

A) The Dropbox API does offer the ability to programmatically create shared links with passwords, via the /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings endpoint. Click on "SharedLinkSettings" in the /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings API documentation to see all of the settings that are available. Note that some settings are only available to some account types though.

 

B) Unfortunately the Dropbox API does not offer a way to be notified if/when the files are accessed/downloaded from shared links, but I'll pass this along as a feature request as well; likewise, I can't promise if or when that might be implemented. (If you're on a team however, you can monitor activity using /2/team_log/get_events[/continue], though that may be noisy.)

 

C) The /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings endpoint also supports an 'expires' setting for configuring the expiration of the shared link.

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    GaryH_BAR01
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago
    Greg

    Thank you for the guidance I will be looking into this more

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