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autozoom3125
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5 years ago

Permanent sharing links via python api OR expiring sharing links via js in wix api

I have a system by which I load audio files to dropbox via python, and all of these files need to be accessable to anyone with the shared link, thus allowing me to give my site's visitors access to t...
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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

First, for reference, that /1/shares URL is part of API v1, which is retired.

 

If you're using the Python SDK and want non-expiring shared links, you should use sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings. That allows you to programmatically create shared links that don't expire by default (but can be revoked by the user/app) for any file or folder. You can store and re-use these links as desired. You can also modify them if needed, for different behaviors such as direct file content access or download, as documented here.

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