Shortcuts created using API do not work

[podviaznikov]

https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/shortcuts

I tried to create file with `.web` and same content as shortcust json with "url" field - but those files cannot be open either on the web, desktop or mobile clients.

Why is that? Is there some trick to make it work?

[Greg-DB]

The Dropbox API doesn't currently offer a way to create shortcuts like this programmatically, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

(Just uploading the same kind of JSON as the API would export won't work; Dropbox itself needs to specially set it as a shortcut. That's not something currently available to do via the API.)

[Moto_F]

Is this issue still in backlog? I also hope to be able to make webpage shortcut via API.

[Greg-DB]

@Moto_F This request is still open with the team, but I don't have an update on it.