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Ruud van der Ham's avatar
Ruud van der Ham
Explorer | Level 4
10 years ago

Get shared file link from Python

I want to get the links to a (big) number of files in my Dropbox folder, in Python,
I'm a bit overwhelmed with the API documentation. What's the best way to do this?

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  • Steve M.'s avatar
    Steve M.
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    10 years ago

    https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/docs/python#DropboxClient.share

    If you have a DropboxClient object called client, then it's just print client.share('/myfile.txt', short_url=False).

    If you're having trouble getting the DropboxClient set up in the first place, take a look at the https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/start/python.

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