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Access public shared files without authentication
Dear community, I was wondering if it is possible to use a the ruby dropbox API to access and download publically shared files without authentication? You can do that from the web as long as y...
- If you have a shared link for the file, the simplest way to download it is to modify the URL parameter(s) as shown here:
https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/force-download
You can then download from the modified link.
Otherwise, if you do want to use the API, you can use the /2/sharing/get_shared_link_file endpoint:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_shared_link_file
Mark
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Super User II*moves to API forum*
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