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m1lle
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago
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API to set_password for shared folder?

Using create_shared_link_with_settings I am able to share a folder and set a password for it. But I don't seam to find any way to *change* this password?   How do I do that through the API? Is it p...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    7 years ago

    To set a password, you need to set the 'requested_visibility' to 'password'. So, in your example, that would look like:

     

     

    --data '{"url":"https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rjg3ms4tkca69XX/AABQP1tMaxHjUey4b8mQlg9XX?dl=0","settings":{"link_password":"zzz","requested_visibility":{".tag":"password"}}}'

     

     

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m1lle
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

Sounded really promising! Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

 

Unfortunley I'm getting an error using that command:

 

{"error_summary": "settings_error/invalid_settings/..", "error": {".tag": "settings_error", "settings_error": {".tag": "invalid_settings"}}}

 

Using the CURL command with this data:

--data '{"url":"https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rjg3ms4tkca69XX/AABQP1tMaxHjUey4b8mQlg9XX?dl=0","settings":{"link_password":"zzz"}}'

 

All settings for this command are optional according to the documentation, but I'm still getting invalid_settings?

(Perhaps it has to to something with the URL parameter?) 

 

Suggestions on what could be wrong?

 

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Greg-DB
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7 years ago

To set a password, you need to set the 'requested_visibility' to 'password'. So, in your example, that would look like:

 

 

--data '{"url":"https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rjg3ms4tkca69XX/AABQP1tMaxHjUey4b8mQlg9XX?dl=0","settings":{"link_password":"zzz","requested_visibility":{".tag":"password"}}}'

 

 

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