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richardantao
6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Streaming an mp3 file fetched from a node server for a React app.
Hello, I am trying to send an array of mp3 files from a Node server to a React app for user's to stream the audio files. I tried using the filesListFolder method from the SDK, but there is no att...
- 6 years ago
The filesListFolder/filesListFolderContinue methods only return metadata about the files/folders, but don't themselves offer any way to access the actual file data.
If you need to access the file data, you can use the filesDownload method to retrieve the file data directly, or the filesGetTemporaryLink method to get a link to the file. It sounds like filesGetTemporaryLink may be what you're looking for in this case, but keep in mind those links expire after four hours.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
6 years agoThe filesListFolder/filesListFolderContinue methods only return metadata about the files/folders, but don't themselves offer any way to access the actual file data.
If you need to access the file data, you can use the filesDownload method to retrieve the file data directly, or the filesGetTemporaryLink method to get a link to the file. It sounds like filesGetTemporaryLink may be what you're looking for in this case, but keep in mind those links expire after four hours.
richardantao
6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
filesGetTemporaryLink is the one! I need a long list of mp3 files so I will call this method recursively, assuming there is no other method to fetch an array of temporary links.
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