Any way to add files to a folder shared via link?

[JetForMe]

It seems that there's no way to share a link to a folder such that an anonymous user with that link can then add files to the folder, is that right?

This seems like a pretty severe limitation. A "drop box" is a place for other people to drop files to you. For example, a drop box on macOS has, for many years, been a directory served up that has write-only privileges to unauthenticated users; they can't view the contents of the folder, nor delete any of the contents.

For my needs, it would be sufficient (although not perfect) for an anonymous user (actually some client API code I'm writing) to be able to add files to a given share link, without needing any other credentials (just the share link). It's okay if that link also provides view and delete capability for the folder, although not ideal.

Am I just missing something somewhere?

[Rich]

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JetForMe wrote:

Am I just missing something somewhere?

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Yes.

• https://www.dropbox.com/help/9090
• https://www.dropbox.com/help/9091

[JetForMe]

Sadly, that won't work. There's no programmatic API for creating a file request or for uploading files to the file request.

[Rich · Accepted solution]

Moving your thread to the API forum.

[Greg-DB]

Thanks for the post! It sounds like the file request feature linked to in this thread is the closest to what you're looking for. You're correct though, the API doesn't offer access to that feature unfortunately. I'll send this along as a feature request.