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Distinguish shared link and preview links
Am I correct to assume the following: a shared link will alawys have /s/ in the URL The original preview link is of the from : www.dropbox.com/home/path/to/file?preview=filename.pdf What I a...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorDropbox shared links for files do currently have /s/, but there are other kinds of links. E.g., shared links for folders use /sh/.
In any case though, these link formats are not guaranteed and are subject to change in the future, so you shouldn't rely on them.
Likewise, you shouldn't rely on the "www.dropbox.com/home/path/to/file?preview" format.
You can list the files/folders in your account directly though, using list_folder and list_folder continue. That will return file metadata including path and id.
Using the paths you get from those, you can call the other methods as necessary, e.g., get_preview to get preview data, create_shared_link_with_settings to create shared links, list_shared_links to retrieve existing shared links, etc.
In any case though, these link formats are not guaranteed and are subject to change in the future, so you shouldn't rely on them.
Likewise, you shouldn't rely on the "www.dropbox.com/home/path/to/file?preview" format.
You can list the files/folders in your account directly though, using list_folder and list_folder continue. That will return file metadata including path and id.
Using the paths you get from those, you can call the other methods as necessary, e.g., get_preview to get preview data, create_shared_link_with_settings to create shared links, list_shared_links to retrieve existing shared links, etc.
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