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Sharable link to file using Java API v2
Hello, I am able to upload a file with Java API v2:
try (InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(localFile)) {
return mDbxClient.files().uploadBuilder(remoteFolderPath + "/" + remoteFileName)
.withMode(WriteMode.OVERWRITE)
.uploadAndFinish(inputStream);
} catch (DbxException | IOException e) {
mException = e;
}
How can I get a sharable link to this file?
Thanks!
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
You can use createSharedLinkWithSettings to get a shared link for a file or folder.
Thanks, but the resulting link is not public, it requires to login
SharedLinkMetadata slm = mDbxClient.sharing().createSharedLinkWithSettings(remoteFolderPath + "/" + remoteFileName, SharedLinkSettings.newBuilder().withRequestedVisibility(RequestedVisibility.PUBLIC).build());
String url = slm.getUrl();- Greg-DB
What is the the SharedLinkMetadata.LinkPermissions.ResolvedVisibility on the resulting link metadata (your slm variable)? It can be different than the requested visibility, per the documentation:
"The current visibility of the link after considering the shared links policies of the the team (in case the link's owner is part of a team) and the shared folder (in case the linked file is part of a shared folder)."
The resolved visibility is PUBLIC, but today it seems to work.
I did not change my code, so this is pretty odd.Anyways I have one more question about this. The link that is returned ends with dl=0.
Is there some parameter that returns a link ending with dl=1
- Greg-DB
No, the API doesn't provide a way for controlling that, but you can parse the URL and change it on the client-side. There's information about these parameters here:
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