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Cannot create shared link with "editor" access
Hi,
I'm trying to auto-create shared links for folders created via the API. The issue is as soon as I change the "access" to anything but "viewer", I get an error.
Sample request:
POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings:
{
"path": "/test",
"settings": {
"audience": "public",
"access": "editor",
"allow_download": true
}
}
Returns a 409:
{
"error_summary": "settings_error/invalid_settings/..",
"error": {
".tag": "settings_error",
"settings_error": {
".tag": "invalid_settings"
}
}
}
The payload conforms to the docs, so can't understand what the issue is.
Appreciate any support on this.
3 Replies
Thanks for the clarifying! I hope the docs get updated with this important information.
- DB-Des
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for your patience while we looked into this. Our engineering team reviewed the issue and confirmed that the error occurs because both parameters you’re including conflict with each other.
Specifically, you can’t specify the "allow_download" field when attempting to create an edit link ("access": "editor"). Any user who accesses an edit link automatically has permission to download and modify the content, so including that field causes a conflict.
If you remove the "allow_download" field from your request, it should work as expected.
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