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Python - what to type to get the shared link of a file?
I need a little bit of python help. I've learned how to create a shared link, but if a shared link is already created on that file, it errors out.
shared_link_metadata = dbx.sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings("/temp/hehe.txt")
print (shared_link_metadata.url)
How do I check if the link already exists and how do I check the link if one is already created? Thanks!
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
The sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings method will throw an exception if a shared link is already created for the specified path. You can catch that, and use CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsError.is_shared_link_already_exists to determine if that's the reason the call failed. If so, you can use CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsError.get_shared_link_already_exists to get the error value, which may include the metadata of the existing shared link.
Alternatively, you can first call sharing_list_shared_links with the 'path' and 'direct_only=True' to check if a link already exists for the particular path, and retrieve it if so.
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