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Trouble with link and setting expiry date
I am creating a .NET app and all is working well so far with v2.1. I can share a link, but if try to add an expiry date for the link it fails at the "CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsAsync" method, with a "settings_error/not_authorized/.." error!
I have read the .NET documentation, and searched the forums, but cannot get this working.
This is my code:
Dropbox.Api.Sharing.CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsArg shArgs = null;
//set the expiry date
Dropbox.Api.Sharing.SharedLinkSettings shSett = new Dropbox.Api.Sharing.SharedLinkSettings(null, null, DateTime.Today.AddDays(1));
var file = (FileMetadata)listView1.SelectedItems[0].Tag;
//The code work if I replace the 'shSett' variable with 'null' in this line of code
shArgs = new Dropbox.Api.Sharing.CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsArg(file.PathDisplay, shSett);
//this is the line where the error occurs
var result = await client.Sharing.CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsAsync(shArgs);
Any help appreciated. Hopefully I have provided enough information.
Paul
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi Paul, you can find more information on this error in the documentation here:
In this case, it looks like the issue is that you're trying to set an expiration on a link using an account that doesn't have access to that feature.
Hi Gregory,
Many thanks for your response and advice, and you were indeed correct, so I have now upgraded from the free account to Pro.
However, I now have a new problem, which is "Error in call to API function \"sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings\": request body: settings.expires: time data '2016-04-24T00:00:00' does not match format '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'"}.
As far as I can see, the problem is arising in the Dropbox.Api.SharedLinkSettingsEncoder class, which has a DateTime value passed in, and where the "expires" value is:
{{"path":"/Chrysanthemum.jpg","settings":{"expires":"2016-04-24T00:00:00"}
Using the API Explorer and reading the error message, it appears that there should be a "Z" appended to the time in the settings, but I'm not sure how to achieve this.
Not sure if it has anything to do with being a UK time format.
Paul
- Greg-DB
I believe that should be fixed in version 3.0.6. Please update to that and let me know if it doesn't help.
Fantastic Gregory. I have updated the Dropbox.Api and it now works perfectly.
Many thanks for your quick response and helpful advice.
Paul
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