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Using Dropbox Images in an HTML Photo Gallery
I am storing a large number of images in Dropbox folders and need to GET all images from a single DBX folder into an HTML Gallery on my website. My site is hosted with a 3rd party, clubexpress.com, ...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorTo create a shared link for any particular file via the Dropbox API, you can use the /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings endpoint:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-create_shared_link_with_settings
By the way, that's a link to the documentation for the HTTPS endpoints themselves, but we recommend using one of the official SDKs if possible:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation
Those have corresponding native methods for the HTTPS endpoints.
By default, shared links point to HTML preview pages, not the file content itself. You can modify these links for other behaviors though, such as direct file access. You can find information on doing so here:
https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/force-download
Thanks Greg.
I've just started working with the API and I'm wondering if it's possible to get all images from a shared folder without using oauth2.
My folders are setup for dedicated use and only users who have signed into my site can access the links to these folders.
Is there a url parameter that would return an array of filenames?
- Greg-DB
No, there's nothing quite like that. Beyond accessing the contents of a shared link directly, you'll need to use the API as documented, e.g., by passing up an OAuth 2 access token.
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