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Easiest way to get (dropbox) file datetime using a dropbox link
Hi All,
I share a project I'm working on through some executables on dropbox, which users get a link to, so they can download.
I prefer, obviously, that they have an account, so they will have au...
Using the /2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata endpoint is the right way to get metadata from a shared link, but that does require an access token, as you found.
There isn't another way to get the modified time of the file from the shared link directly, but you could instead use that "etag" value returned with that 200 response when accessing the shared link. You can store the etag for the version of the file you last downloaded, and before downloading it again, check the current etag value. If the etag value hasn't changed, that means that the content hasn't changed.
forget it bro, close and open again try. .)
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