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Giorgio C.3
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Writing a file via API and make it always accessible publicly (like the old Public folder)

Hi, This is my scenario: I need to write a file in users' Dropbox using the Core API and make it accessible (sharable) publicly and for a longer period (than 4 hours). I need somehow a similar beh...
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Giorgio C.3's avatar
Giorgio C.3
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Thanks, Gregory

I would like to access the raw version of the file (which will be a JSON file). Is there a way to do that via API? I have noticed that the /media links expire after 4 hours...

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