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bethesda4
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6 years ago

Using API to get a list of *direct* url's to images in a folder

We're building an app in Python that will need to retrieve a list of every file in a particular folder containing jpg images, and for each image, we need to get a direct http url that can be used in ...
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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

To get a direct link to a file via the API you can call the /2/files/get_temporary_link endpoint. In the official Dropbox API v2 Python SDK, that's available as files_get_temporary_link. 

Note that those links are only valid for four hours. If you need longer-lived links, you can instead use /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings / sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings. Those point to the HTML preview page by default, but you can modify them for direct access as documented in this help center article.

Also, be aware that these links are subject to the bandwidth limits documented here. 

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bethesda4
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

Thanks!  

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