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qwesafesa
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5 years ago

Use Dropbox API search results to generate dropbox.com file preview urls

We are creating application to help users find their files/folder in dropbox.   For searching we used dropbox API route: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/search_v2   The goal is: based on r...
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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

Unfortunately, the Dropbox API doesn't offer an officially supported way to get or build the private Dropbox web site URL for a file or folder like this, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.

 

For reference, when calling /2/files/search_v2, the paths in result will be relative to the root for the call (e.g., the user's own folder, or a team space, etc.), which can be specified via 'the 'Dropbox-API-Path-Root' header. If not specified, this is the user's own folder by default. Please refer to the Namespace Guide for more information. When applicable/present, you can also check the returned 'sharing_info' field for information about where a file/folder exists.

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