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    <title>topic Get parent folder of a shared folder in Dropbox API Support &amp; Feedback</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Get-parent-folder-of-a-shared-folder/m-p/184462#M7742</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Using some sample files in my own Dropbox as an example.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I have the following public shared link to the folder "sample":&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rg57hqnbsiwhb7k/AACrOIpyLlihM_qdIweFEavTa" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rg57hqnbsiwhb7k/AACrOIpyLlihM_qdIweFEavTa&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I know (but my application doesn't) that "sample" is a sub-folder of "Photos", which is also a shared folder with this link:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kppi5thjgozgnln/AADU_VtWsTHPtQH-rodcI6I6a" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kppi5thjgozgnln/AADU_VtWsTHPtQH-rodcI6I6a&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Given the first (subfolder) link, how can I use the API to obtain the second link, or shared folder ID, etc., for the parent folder?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 09:30:39 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Givenone G.</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-05-29T09:30:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Get parent folder of a shared folder</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Get-parent-folder-of-a-shared-folder/m-p/184462#M7742</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Using some sample files in my own Dropbox as an example.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I have the following public shared link to the folder "sample":&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rg57hqnbsiwhb7k/AACrOIpyLlihM_qdIweFEavTa" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rg57hqnbsiwhb7k/AACrOIpyLlihM_qdIweFEavTa&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I know (but my application doesn't) that "sample" is a sub-folder of "Photos", which is also a shared folder with this link:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kppi5thjgozgnln/AADU_VtWsTHPtQH-rodcI6I6a" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kppi5thjgozgnln/AADU_VtWsTHPtQH-rodcI6I6a&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Given the first (subfolder) link, how can I use the API to obtain the second link, or shared folder ID, etc., for the parent folder?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 09:30:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Get-parent-folder-of-a-shared-folder/m-p/184462#M7742</guid>
      <dc:creator>Givenone G.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-05-29T09:30:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Get parent folder of a shared folder</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Get-parent-folder-of-a-shared-folder/m-p/184463#M7743</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Shared links by design expose as little information as possible about the internal structure of a user's Dropbox. In the example that you provided, the first link to the "sample" folder was created to share only the contents of that directory and subdirectory, and not to reveal anything about the super-structure that it's contained within, so there's no way to retrieve a reference to a&amp;nbsp;parent folder from a shared link to a child folder.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Shared Folders, on the other hand, offer a little bit more info about their surrounding context. Take a look at our files/list_folder endpoint (&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder" rel="nofollow noreferrer"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder&lt;/A&gt;) and the `FolderSharingInfo` it returns.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:41:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Get-parent-folder-of-a-shared-folder/m-p/184463#M7743</guid>
      <dc:creator>Stephen C.14</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-08-23T04:41:36Z</dc:date>
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