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get url to embed in file

get url to embed in file

bhuwan
Explorer | Level 3

Hi There, I have tried files/get_thumbnail, get_preview endpoints but I am not able to get any response that I can embed in HTML. Is there any way to get thumbnail or preview URL so I can display all files from user's dropbox to my website?

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Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff

The get_thumbnail and get_preview endpoints return the requested thumbnail or preview data directly in the response body (as application/octet-stream). Exactly what you do with the data is up to you; for instance, you might save it to your server and serve it back to the web browser, convert it to a different format, etc.

The Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to retrieve links for thumbnails or previews instead, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

Jens S.1
Explorer | Level 4

+1 Maybe extend the /get_temporary_link to work with preview - would be ideal for my use case. Thanks

Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff

@Jens S.1 Thanks for the feedback!

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