How to read a shared folder link in v2?

[Vincent P.9]

When I share a dropbox folder by passing a link to someone, the format is something like:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/someid/someotherid?dl=0

Here is the API to read a shared folder:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_folder_metadata

What is the folder id? I tried every part of the shared link without any success, I just get a 409 error "Invalid id".

How can I read a shared link?

[Greg-DB]

Alexander, it sounds like you already sorted some of this out, so I'll follow up on the latest thread you replied on, so as not to spam others on these threads.

[gilbertwulff]

Hey, is there an update on this already? I'm trying to get the shared folder id using the GetSharedLinkMetadataAsync method and its returning a way different id (ie:  id:3loy3mKeW5AAAAAAAAAACw) compared to the one expected in the MountFolderAsync method. 

Is there a way i can get the right folder id using an api from a shared folder link?

[Greg-DB]

@gilbertwulff You opened a new thread for your question so I'll follow up there:

https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/API-support/Why-are-the-ids-different/m-p/241094#M13418

[Greg-DB]

Dropbox 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_ListFol...


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/DbxUserFilesReq...

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v3.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/files/ListFolderBuild...

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v3.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/files/ListFolderBuild...


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_lis...


In the Swift SDK that's available as `listFolder`:

https://dropbox.github.io/SwiftyDropbox/api-docs/latest/Classes/FilesRoutes.html#/s:13SwiftyDropbox1...


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:ob...:

[carp21]

Thank you Greg!