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larschassing
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9 years ago
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SwiftyDropbox createSharedLinkWithSettings (was createSharedLink)

Googling around led me to cocoadocs.org which seems to have an older version of SwiftyDropbox. It has createSharedLink(path:shortUrl:pendingUpload:)
"Create a shared link. If a shared link already exists for the given path, that link is returned."

which is exactly what I want.

http://cocoadocs.org/docsets/SwiftyDropbox/1.0/Classes/SharingRoutes.html#/s:FC13SwiftyDropbox13SharingRoutes16createSharedLinkFS0_FT4pathSS8shortUrlSb13pendingUploadGSqOCS_7Sharing17PendingUploadMode__GCS_15BabelRpcRequestCS1_26PathLinkMetadataSerializerCS1_31CreateSharedLinkErrorSerializer_

 

However, now I can only find

createSharedLinkWithSettings(path: String, settings: Sharing.SharedLinkSettings? = nil)

that may return sharedLinkAlreadyExists, which isn't exactly useful.

OK, so the link already exists, but what IS the SharedLink url then ?

How do I find it ?

 

Why did you ditch the old pragmatic createSharedLink that simply returned the SharedLink url in any case ?

  • The official documentation for the sharing routes for the latest version of SwiftyDropbox can be found be found here.

     

    The createSharedLink method was deprecated in favor of createSharedLinkWithSettings to match updates to the Dropbox product itself.

     

    If a link already exists, you can retrieve it using listSharedLinks.

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    9 years ago
    I can't make any promises as to if or when that would be added, but I'm sending that along as a feature request.
  • When I looked closer at listSharedLinks I noted the path and directOnly arguments, that helped.

    This is what I ended up with:

     

     

     

    func OldCreateSharedLink(url: URL, dropboxPath: String, completionHandler: @escaping (_ sharedLink: String) -> Void) {
       if let client = DropboxClientsManager.authorizedClient {
          let request = client.sharing.createSharedLinkWithSettings(path: dropboxPath)
             .response { response, error in
                if let response = response {
                   print(response)
                   completionHandler(response.url)
                } else if let error = error {
                   print(error)
                   switch error as CallError {
                   case .routeError(let boxed, let requestId):
                      print("RouteError[\(String(describing: requestId))]:")
                      switch boxed.unboxed as Sharing.CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsError {
                      case .sharedLinkAlreadyExists:
                         let request2 = client.sharing.listSharedLinks(path: dropboxPath, cursor: nil, directOnly: true)
                            .response { response, error in
                               if let response = response {
                                  print(response)
                                  if let theFirstTheBest = response.links.first {
                                     completionHandler(theFirstTheBest.url)
                                  }
                               } else if let error = error {
                                  print(error)
                               }
                         }
                         print(request2)
                      default:
                         print("\(boxed.unboxed)")
                      }
                   default:
                      break
                   }
                }
          }
          print(request)
       }
    }

    Thank you for your help

     

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    9 years ago

    The official documentation for the sharing routes for the latest version of SwiftyDropbox can be found be found here.

     

    The createSharedLink method was deprecated in favor of createSharedLinkWithSettings to match updates to the Dropbox product itself.

     

    If a link already exists, you can retrieve it using listSharedLinks.

  • larschassing's avatar
    larschassing
    Helpful | Level 6
    9 years ago

    Yes, I thought so, but then I need another round-trip and I have to parse the response searching for my file and bother with cursor...

     

    Could you add a convenience method to work like the old createSharedLink, please ?

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    9 years ago
    I can't make any promises as to if or when that would be added, but I'm sending that along as a feature request.
  • larschassing's avatar
    larschassing
    Helpful | Level 6
    9 years ago

    When I looked closer at listSharedLinks I noted the path and directOnly arguments, that helped.

    This is what I ended up with:

     

     

     

    func OldCreateSharedLink(url: URL, dropboxPath: String, completionHandler: @escaping (_ sharedLink: String) -> Void) {
       if let client = DropboxClientsManager.authorizedClient {
          let request = client.sharing.createSharedLinkWithSettings(path: dropboxPath)
             .response { response, error in
                if let response = response {
                   print(response)
                   completionHandler(response.url)
                } else if let error = error {
                   print(error)
                   switch error as CallError {
                   case .routeError(let boxed, let requestId):
                      print("RouteError[\(String(describing: requestId))]:")
                      switch boxed.unboxed as Sharing.CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsError {
                      case .sharedLinkAlreadyExists:
                         let request2 = client.sharing.listSharedLinks(path: dropboxPath, cursor: nil, directOnly: true)
                            .response { response, error in
                               if let response = response {
                                  print(response)
                                  if let theFirstTheBest = response.links.first {
                                     completionHandler(theFirstTheBest.url)
                                  }
                               } else if let error = error {
                                  print(error)
                               }
                         }
                         print(request2)
                      default:
                         print("\(boxed.unboxed)")
                      }
                   default:
                      break
                   }
                }
          }
          print(request)
       }
    }

    Thank you for your help

     

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