[Q] Direct file links with APIv2

Hi Eugene, yes, you can still construct an API v2 call for a "content-download" endpoint like this using just a URL. You can find information on this in the formats section of the documentation. For example, for the /2/files/download endpoint, instead of the typical way as shown in the example:

curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download \
 --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
 --header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\": \"/test.mov\"}"

you can do this:

curl "https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download?arg=%7B%22path%22%3A%20%22/test.mov%22%7D&authorization=Bearer%20<ACCESS_TOKEN>"

Alternatively, you can use /2/files/get_temporary_link to get a temporary direct link, like this:

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_temporary_link \
 --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data "{\"path\": \"/test.mov\"}"

Hope this helps!

 

Hello Gregory.

 

Thank you. It helped a lot.

Have a nice day!

Eugene