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API v2 equivalent of /1/metadata/link functionality is required
Please let us know the equivalent for API v2 of /1/metadata/link. There are countless reasons why this functionality is important for your API -- which you hopefully already know, otherwise I do...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community Moderatorjczorkmid I don't have an update on this right now. This would certainly be a legitimate reason to ask for an exception though, so please feel free to do so, as above, if you haven't already.
Also, to determine if the result is for a file or folder, you can check the ".tag" value in the response from /2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata. If you're using an SDK, that would be translated into the native type for the response object.
Thanks Greg. I submitted a request for an exception. Also, thanks for the pointer on the link type. I'm using python and I hadn't immediately noticed it was a different class based on if it was a file or directory.
- Greg-DB
jczorkmid I don't actually see a ticket from you. Did you use https://www.dropbox.com/developers/contact and see the green confirmation banner when you submitted it? Would you mind trying again? Thanks, and apologies for the bother.
- Greg-DBDropbox API v2 now supports listing the contents of a shared link for a folder. This can be accomplished using the same interface as listing a folder in a connected user's account, via the list_folder functionality. To list the contents of a shared link for a folder, you instead provide the shared link URL in the `shared_link` parameter to list_folder:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder
If you're using an official SDK, there will also be a corresponding method for this endpoint:
In the .NET SDK that's available as `ListFolderAsync`:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/M_Dropbox_Api_Files_Routes_FilesUserRoutes_ListFolderAsync_1.htm
In the Java SDK that's available via `listFolderBuilder` to get a `ListFolderBuilder` on which you can call `ListFolderBuilder.withSharedLink`:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v3.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/files/DbxUserFilesRequests.html#listFolderBuilder-java.lang.String-
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v3.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/files/ListFolderBuilder.html
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v3.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/files/ListFolderBuilder.html#withSharedLink-com.dropbox.core.v2.files.SharedLink-
In the JavaScript SDK that's available as `filesListFolder`:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/Dropbox.html#filesListFolder__anchor
In the Python SDK that's available as `files_list_folder`:
https://dropbox-sdk-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/moduledoc.html#dropbox.dropbox.Dropbox.files_list_folder
In the Swift SDK that's available as `listFolder`:
https://dropbox.github.io/SwiftyDropbox/api-docs/latest/Classes/FilesRoutes.html#/s:13SwiftyDropbox11FilesRoutesC10listFolderAA10RpcRequestCyAA0C0C04ListF16ResultSerializerCAH0if5ErrorK0CGSS4path_Sb9recursiveSb16includeMediaInfoSb0O7DeletedSb0O24HasExplicitSharedMembersSb0O14MountedFolderss6UInt32VSg5limittF
In the Objective-C SDK that's available as `listFolder`:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/api-docs/latest/Classes/DBFILESUserAuthRoutes.html#/c:objc(cs)DBFILESUserAuthRoutes(im)listFolder:
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