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    <title>topic Downloading shared file python API in Dropbox API Support &amp; Feedback</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/324175#M19056</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Python 3.6, using module dropbox.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a URL for a file shared from someone else's dropbox account. The file gets regularly updated (same name, same link). I wish to download from this link.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I can't seem to get at it. I have code that looks like:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;import &lt;/SPAN&gt;dropbox&lt;BR /&gt;access_token &lt;SPAN&gt;= &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;'ABC123yNOBAAAAAAAAAYq3fOaDy6C4Lj7QV9dckXDqkQfGM2LW2Oe9hI2LXSPyTj'&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;dbx &lt;SPAN&gt;= &lt;/SPAN&gt;dropbox&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Dropbox&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;access_token&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;url1 &lt;SPAN&gt;= &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;'https://www.dropbox.com/l/scl/ABC123NXsA-8ndaH0aOaaSBR5AH78NMHPTw'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;but I can't work out which endpoint to call.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cheers,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;---=L&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 09:08:20 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Laurielounge</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-05-29T09:08:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Downloading shared file python API</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/324175#M19056</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Python 3.6, using module dropbox.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a URL for a file shared from someone else's dropbox account. The file gets regularly updated (same name, same link). I wish to download from this link.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I can't seem to get at it. I have code that looks like:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;import &lt;/SPAN&gt;dropbox&lt;BR /&gt;access_token &lt;SPAN&gt;= &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;'ABC123yNOBAAAAAAAAAYq3fOaDy6C4Lj7QV9dckXDqkQfGM2LW2Oe9hI2LXSPyTj'&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;dbx &lt;SPAN&gt;= &lt;/SPAN&gt;dropbox&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Dropbox&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;access_token&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;url1 &lt;SPAN&gt;= &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;'https://www.dropbox.com/l/scl/ABC123NXsA-8ndaH0aOaaSBR5AH78NMHPTw'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;but I can't work out which endpoint to call.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cheers,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;---=L&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 09:08:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/324175#M19056</guid>
      <dc:creator>Laurielounge</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-05-29T09:08:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Downloading shared file python API</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/324381#M19060</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;If you have a standard&amp;nbsp;Dropbox shared link, you can use the 'sharing_get_shared_link_file' method to download the file:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://dropbox-sdk-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/dropbox.html#dropbox.dropbox.Dropbox.sharing_get_shared_link_file" target="_blank"&gt;https://dropbox-sdk-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/dropbox.html#dropbox.dropbox.Dropbox.sharing_get_shared_link_file&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Note, however, that the kind of link you posted here, with "/l/scl", is not a standard&amp;nbsp;Dropbox shared link, but rather is a link intended only for manual use (e.g., sent via email). I'll send this along as a feature request to support this kind of link on the API though.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If you can follow the redirect on that link can get to a standard shared link however, with "/s/", you should be able to use the above method to download the data.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:53:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/324381#M19060</guid>
      <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-01-21T15:53:48Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Downloading shared file python API</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/324404#M19069</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi Greg,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for the reply.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now. this "/s/" type link. If I open the URL above, and log onto my Dropbox account, I end up at a URL that looks like:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/abc123lwaazd7qw1782a8/filename.mdb?dl=0&amp;amp;oref=e&amp;amp;r=ABc1239UH" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/abc123lwaazd7qw1782a8/filename.mdb?dl=0&amp;amp;oref=e&amp;amp;r=ABc1239UH&lt;/A&gt;...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The page itself says ".mdb files can't pe previewed" (it's an Access file), and has a Download button with a Down triangle. Clicking on the button, my options are "Direct download" and "Save to my Dropbox". Can't see that ".../s/..." link anywhere.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Looking in the source code, quite late in the code I can see a json definition which looks like:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"file"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;{&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"direct_blockserver_link"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;null&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"revision_id"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"0123456780000010bed0280"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"preview"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;null&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"ts"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;1548041627&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"sort_key"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"ABCdefRQCEIwLAEOAQ4A"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"bytes"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;47958016&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"preview_url"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;null&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"beacon_context"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"ABC123I2BK93MmN3DY_YRsVuhGpnI9IrhK0"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"filename"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"filename.mdb"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"sjid"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;48&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"open_in_app_data"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;null&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"thumbnail_url_tmpl"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;null&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"href"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/abc123lwaazd7qw1782a8/filename.mdb?dl=0"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"file_id"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"id:FFpFQXeecgAAAAAAAAAADQ"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"is_symlink"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;false&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"is_dir"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;false&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"preview_type"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;null&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"preview_thumbnail_url"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;null&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"ns_id"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: 123456&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;9344&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;    &lt;SPAN&gt;"icon"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"page_white_32"&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;}&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;I cannot however see anything like a "&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/s/&lt;/A&gt;...". Nothing with "/s/" in it anywhere in the source. That "href" URL looks promising (and it's what's in the bowser url along with some other stuff) , so I'll try that for now, but if I'm totally barking up the wrong tree looking for the "good" url, let me know.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for your help here. Have been banging my head against this wall since December.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;---=L&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2019 17:41:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/324404#M19069</guid>
      <dc:creator>Laurielounge</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-01-21T17:41:48Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Downloading shared file python API</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/324443#M19071</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Okay. No go on that link.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dropbox/base.py", line 3350, in sharing_get_shared_link_file&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;None,&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dropbox/dropbox.py", line 274, in request&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;timeout=timeout)&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dropbox/dropbox.py", line 365, in request_json_string_with_retry&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;timeout=timeout)&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dropbox/dropbox.py", line 454, in request_json_string&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;raise InternalServerError(request_id, r.status_code, r.text)&lt;BR /&gt;dropbox.exceptions.InternalServerError: InternalServerError('64c2c45dfd812b3bbbc893c67e834378', 503, '')&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:34:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/324443#M19071</guid>
      <dc:creator>Laurielounge</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-01-21T20:34:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Downloading shared file python API</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/324614#M19077</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Thanks for checking that and providing the additional information. As you found, the type of sharing you're using&amp;nbsp;uses "/scl/fi/" link, as opposed to the standard "/s/". (The latter is what you get from the API itself, such as from &lt;A href="https://dropbox-sdk-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/dropbox.html#dropbox.dropbox.Dropbox.sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings" target="_blank"&gt;sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;for a file, or when copying a shared link for a file manually.)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Unfortunately, the&amp;nbsp;"/scl/fi/" kind of link isn't supported for downloading from the API,&amp;nbsp;but I'll pass this along as a feature request. Apologies I don't have better news for you!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:51:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/324614#M19077</guid>
      <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-01-22T16:51:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Downloading shared file python API</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/357017#M20375</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Downloading this kind of link via&amp;nbsp;sharing_get_shared_link_file should work now.&amp;nbsp;Please try again and let me know if you're still seeing any issues.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 18:29:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Downloading-shared-file-python-API/m-p/357017#M20375</guid>
      <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-07-24T18:29:48Z</dc:date>
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