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swively
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

sharing/get_file_metadata url type

Im trying to host an image via the preview_url from the /sharing/get_file_metadata endpoint. My url looks like this: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/-redacted-/filename.png?dl=0 Switching the param...
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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

Dropbox has multiple types of links for different pieces of functionality, such as "preview links" (/scl/fi) and "shared links" (/s). And yes, if you want to use the link options like "dl" or "raw" for direct access as covered here, you should use "shared links". You can create shared links using /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings (which is preferred to the deprecated /2/sharing/create_shared_link).

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swively
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Is there any way to access comments through the api?

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    Greg-DB
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    4 years ago

    No, unfortunately Dropbox doesn't offer an API for accessing comments, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.

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