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Dropbox API access files on shared link without authentication
Hey everyone, i'm currently writing a new android app for a football club of my village and i want to load some images from a dropbox folder using a shared link. Is it possible to load files from a...
If you want programmatic unauthenticated read-only access, you may want to use a Dropbox shared link to the folder (which should contain a component "/sh/") with the URL parameters documented here:
https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/force-download
If you modify the URL as described there, e.g., using a "dl=1" parameter, you can then programmatically download directly from the shared link without using the API, app key, access tokens, etc.
In the case of a shared link for a folder, that will give you a download of a zip file containing the folder. You could then unzip that and use the contents as desired.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffIf you want programmatic unauthenticated read-only access, you may want to use a Dropbox shared link to the folder (which should contain a component "/sh/") with the URL parameters documented here:
https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/force-download
If you modify the URL as described there, e.g., using a "dl=1" parameter, you can then programmatically download directly from the shared link without using the API, app key, access tokens, etc.
In the case of a shared link for a folder, that will give you a download of a zip file containing the folder. You could then unzip that and use the contents as desired.
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