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General URL for many files from 1 shared folder
Hello community, In my dropbox I have a folder with 200 country flags which I would like to download automatically using the respective URLs. My problem is that the URL of every single file contain...
- Dropbox API v2 now supports listing the contents of a shared link for a folder. This can be accomplished using the same interface as listing a folder in a connected user's account, via the list_folder functionality. To list the contents of a shared link for a folder, you instead provide the shared link URL in the `shared_link` parameter to list_folder:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder
You can also get the shared link metadata and file data using:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_shared_link_metadata
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_shared_link_file
If you're using an official SDK, there will also be corresponding methods for these endpoints.
So, you could use a shared link for a folder and then programmatically list and access the contents.
Hi Mark,
yes, it is for an app I'm playing with.
My idea was: to show country flags which I hold in my dropbox, but every single flag-file has not only a file name (like gb.png) but also a dropbox key (/s/xxxxxxxxxxx) for that file which makes the whole URL unique and thus impossible to generalize the call of the URL.
Thank you,
Denne
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi Denne, Sanchez is correct, there isn't a way to get a general shared link like this, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.
- Greg-DBDropbox API v2 now supports listing the contents of a shared link for a folder. This can be accomplished using the same interface as listing a folder in a connected user's account, via the list_folder functionality. To list the contents of a shared link for a folder, you instead provide the shared link URL in the `shared_link` parameter to list_folder:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder
You can also get the shared link metadata and file data using:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_shared_link_metadata
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_shared_link_file
If you're using an official SDK, there will also be corresponding methods for these endpoints.
So, you could use a shared link for a folder and then programmatically list and access the contents.Thank you Greg! I'll give it a try
I confirmed that this method is not going to work. The json response contains entries with id, tag and so one, but you cannot really download the subfolders or anything with them.
- Greg-DB
duckladydinh I'm not sure I understand your comment. If something isn't working as documented, please share the details so we can look into it for you.
For example, you can use the /2/files/list_folder endpoint to list the contents of a folder from a shared link for the folder:
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"path\": \"\",\"shared_link\": {\"url\": \"<SHARED_LINK_FOR_FOLDER>\"}}" # { # "entries": [ # { # ".tag": "folder", # "name": "Test", # "path_lower": "/test shared folder/test", # "path_display": "/test shared folder/Test", # "parent_shared_folder_id": "248930168", # "id": "id:uKXaztDfaPQAAAAAAAAABA", # "sharing_info": { # "read_only": false, # "parent_shared_folder_id": "248930168", # "traverse_only": false, # "no_access": false # } # }, # <redacted for brevity> # ], # "cursor": "<redacted for brevity>", # "has_more": false # }And you can also list sub-folders like that using the "path" parameter:
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"path\": \"/test\",\"shared_link\": {\"url\": \"<SHARED_LINK_FOR_FOLDER>\"}}" # { # "entries": [ # <redacted for brevity> # { # ".tag": "file", # "name": "test.txt", # "path_lower": "/test shared folder/test/test.txt", # "path_display": "/test shared folder/Test/test.txt", # "parent_shared_folder_id": "248930168", # "id": "id:uKXaztDfaPQAAAAAAAAB3w", # "client_modified": "2018-05-10T17:07:46Z", # "server_modified": "2019-10-18T20:35:37Z", # "rev": "5953546d8c26e0ed65f78", # "size": 4, # "sharing_info": { # "read_only": false, # "parent_shared_folder_id": "248930168", # "modified_by": "<redacted for brevity>" # }, # "is_downloadable": true, # "content_hash": "954d5a49fd70d9b8bcdb35d252267829957f7ef7fa6c74f88419bdc5e82209f4" # } # ], # "cursor": "<redacted for brevity>", # "has_more": false # }And then you can download a listed file using /2/sharing/get_shared_link_file by likewise using the relative path:
curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/get_shared_link_file \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \ --header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"url\": \"<SHARED_LINK_FOR_FOLDER>\",\"path\": \"/test.txt\"}" # test file contents
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