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ultralame
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Retrieve a public link in the dl.dropbox.com format, not www.dropbox.com

Hello,   I am using Dropbox as a halfway point to upload files to a third party service.  They don't provide upload capability via their API, rather I need to provide a publicly accessible URL wi...
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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

No, the Dropbox API does not offer a way to retrieve shared links with that hostname. (Also, note that while it may technically work, using 'dl.dropbox.com' like that is not officially supported/documented. The officially supported modifications are documented here.)

 

If your use case would be met with temporary links though, I suggest trying out /2/files/get_temporary_link (or corresponding native SDK method) as those returned links do point directly to file data.

  • ultralame's avatar
    ultralame
    Explorer | Level 3
    4 years ago

    Thanks.  I tried the temporary link, and it didn't work either.

    • Здравко's avatar
      Здравко
      Legendary | Level 20
      4 years ago

      ultralame, Ask the target service what's the issue! Here we only can try guess. If the expectation is filename within URL, unfortunately it's impossible. In such a case check if there is an option they use the name in corresponding header (as is normally done by every browser, for instance).

      • ultralame's avatar
        ultralame
        Explorer | Level 3
        4 years ago

        The target service is not interested in fixing their issue.  I know.  It's not my choice.

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