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Re: How do I get the share url of a local dropbox file using vb.net

How do I get the share url of a local dropbox file using vb.net

ElsayedGamal
Explorer | Level 3

Hello my dear friends

 I use Dropbox folder by setup Dropbox program in my computer When I have to get a direct link to any file in Dropbox folder just I go to Dropbox folder in my computer and choose that file and right click by mouse and select copy direct link of that file

How I do that by vb.net I want to browse for file and select it and get that direct link by vb.net

And I am sorry for my bad English

 

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Jane
Dropbox Staff

Hey @ElsayedGamal, while the link is temporarily copied in your clipboard & you could paste it across platforms (though your IDE might be an exception), I’m interested in what you have in mind as an ideal end-result. Would you like to incorporate that within your code somehow? If you could elaborate a bit on what you’d like to achieve, I’ll do my best to check back on our resources & see if there’s a way to get going on that. Thanks in advance! 

[Brief sidenote: Your English is perfect by the way, it all makes perfect sense! 😊]

 


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ElsayedGamal
Explorer | Level 3

Hey @Jane 

thanks to my dear friend for fast replay

I created this  magazine by vb.net

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and I make a small program to control it like add new or edit or delete

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when I copy the file to my Dropbox folder in my pc 

I need to get the link of this file programmatically to use it in my program

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rich
Super User II

You'll need to use the Dropbox API for that.

ElsayedGamal
Explorer | Level 3
How I use Dropbox API for that? @Rich

Rich
Super User II

That's something for you to determine, using the documentation I linked above. The API is a programming interface for Dropbox, intended for people that are developing applications that will interact with Dropbox.

Read through the documentation and post questions in the API section of the forums.

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