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Download new file from shared folder
Hello! We got chooser in application and we can choose a video to upload to application. Idea is we want that user can choose a folder and if new file appears in specific folder, the new file will ...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffAlexander, you can use the /files/get_thumbnail endpoint to get the thumbnail for a file in the authorized user's account:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_thumbnail
The path parameter would be the path to the image you want a thumbnail for in the user's account. E.g., to get a thumbnail for an image named image.jpg inside a folder named Pictures, it would be "/Pictures/image.jpg".
Note that this only works if you're connected to the account that has that file though. That is, won't work if you have user A's link, but are only authorized for user B's account.
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