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    <title>topic Re: Dropbox API access files on shared link without authentication in Dropbox API Support &amp; Feedback</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;If you want programmatic unauthenticated read-only access, you may want to use a&amp;nbsp;Dropbox shared link to the folder (which should contain a component "/sh/") with the URL parameters documented here:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/force-download" target="_blank"&gt;https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/force-download&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If you modify&amp;nbsp;the URL as described there, e.g., using a "dl=1" parameter, you can then programmatically download directly from the shared link without using the API, app key, access tokens, etc.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In the case of a shared link for a folder, that will give you a download of a zip file containing the folder. You could then unzip that and use the contents as desired.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2019 16:15:47 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-09-01T16:15:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Dropbox API access files on shared link without authentication</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Dropbox-API-access-files-on-shared-link-without-authentication/m-p/362798#M20622</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hey everyone,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;i'm currently writing a new android app for a football club of my village and i want to load some images from a dropbox folder using a shared link.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is it possible to load files from a shared dropbox link folder without authenticating the user using the dropbox api for android.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm searching for a solution (and hopefully a good tutorial) since a few days, but it seems like nobody tried the same thing before or it's just not possible.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm new in the world of 'dropbox developer tools' and i found a lot of solutions in which i have to authenticate the user with an access-token or app-key. But i don't know/understand which kind of access will be granted to the app by using one of these things. Maybe, someone can explain the usage of these to me, because if i can use them without any security issues, it could be acceptable solution.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The app should only be possible to read the content of the folder and should not be allowed to write into it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Best regards,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;DS&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2019 18:49:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>sir_shepherd</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-08-31T18:49:09Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Dropbox API access files on shared link without authentication</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Dropbox-API-access-files-on-shared-link-without-authentication/m-p/362873#M20624</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;If you want programmatic unauthenticated read-only access, you may want to use a&amp;nbsp;Dropbox shared link to the folder (which should contain a component "/sh/") with the URL parameters documented here:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/force-download" target="_blank"&gt;https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/force-download&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If you modify&amp;nbsp;the URL as described there, e.g., using a "dl=1" parameter, you can then programmatically download directly from the shared link without using the API, app key, access tokens, etc.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In the case of a shared link for a folder, that will give you a download of a zip file containing the folder. You could then unzip that and use the contents as desired.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2019 16:15:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Dropbox-API-access-files-on-shared-link-without-authentication/m-p/362873#M20624</guid>
      <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-09-01T16:15:47Z</dc:date>
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