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gilbertwulff
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Why are the ids different?

Im trying to use a shared folder link from a user to determine which folder they want us to upload a file into. Why are the ids different for the same folders when I get folder metadata from the ...
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Greg-DB
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8 years ago

No, unfortunately you can't get the shared folder ID from a shared link for the folder using the API or from the website. Further, you can't actually guarantee that the user is giving you the correct link anyway, or that you were actually invited to the shared folder for the shared link they gave you.

 

Instead, you might want to call /2/sharing/list_mountable_folders[/continue] to list the shared folders that have been shared with you that you haven't mounted yet. (Or /2/sharing/list_folders[/continue] for those that you did mount.) You can also then call /2/sharing/list_folder_members[/continue] to see what other users are members of them.

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gilbertwulff
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Yeap im actually using the mount folder thing already but thank you for your help tho Greg

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