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Direct link to image file
Hi, I'd like to know if there is a way to create a direct link to a file using the API. My app requires sending an image link to a 3rd party's API for image recognition. When I test the link created using "create_shared_link_with_settings", I get something like
www.dropbox.com/s/8um0tttqgbjq5c7/my_image.jpg
But it is not recognised as an image. Thanks
Thanks for the link. Neat tool. I found a solution!
The share/get_temporary_link is the one you want. You can test it out in the API explorer real quick to verify before you write the code.
Cheers!
- TaylorKrusen
Dropbox Staff
Hi,
Is the 3rd party API you're calling expecting a file or a URL to an image?
I'd expect it to need the entire file, in which case you'll need to download (files/download) the file onto your server and upload the file to the other API for processing.
Hi, thanks for the reply. The API is expecting a URL to the image. You can actually see for yourself here https://imagga.com/auto-tagging-demo
Links generated via the Dropbox API do not work as I assume the URL given is a 'container' with meta data, download links and comments etc. I am looking for a direct link to the media. Is this possible with Dropbox? Thanks
To add some more information:
I created a link of an image and got something that looked like:
www.dropbox.com/s/8um0tttqgbjq5c7/my_image.jpg
But after downloading the image to my desktop, the actual link to the image file looked like:https://uc16303a726d517a4932231f53ee.dl.dropboxusercontent.com/cd/0/get/AjqdFl9BQdUPdRx5SUC83nDAmmblEed32xSG8mQqZdZzmQuzzl7tylLUExaBUG6blzESKf-QpaTZRsaL8SP-TLfY5ocst4aL5pbQQF8nAA3A/file
This form of URL works with the API in question. So my question is...is there a way to generate this URL?
Idk is it legit, but I found a solution here - https://zapier.com/blog/generate-direct-dropbox-link/
It is just to replace "www.dropbox.com" in your url with "dl.dropboxusercontent.com". So in your case it would be dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/8um0tttqgbjq5c7/my_image.jpg .
Whois tells that that domain belongs to the same company as dropbox.com so probably that's not a third-party website.
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