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AlanDT
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Retrieve Shared URL with JavaScript SDK without Authentication

Hi, I am attempting to use the JavaScript SDK to retrieve a publicly shared URL.  This method succeeds if I first authenticate the user. dbx.sharingGetSharedLinkFile({'url': sharedUrl}).then(...); ...
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Greg-DB
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8 years ago
The sharingGetSharedLinkFile method in the API v2 JavaScript SDK, as well as the corresponding /2/sharing/get_shared_link_file endpoint itself, do not support app authentication, so you will need an access token to call them unfortunately.

I'll send this along as a feature request for app authentication support for this, but I can't promise if/when that would be implemented.
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AlanDT
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Greg, thank you for your quick response and for putting in the feature request to access publicly available data without authenticating.  Please see my other response below for a more detailed account of what I'm attempting to do.  Perhaps there is another way I have not considered?

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    Greg-DB
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    8 years ago

    AlanDT Thanks for following up. For public data sharing like this, the modified shared link method that thelwang reccomended may be a good alternative. 

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