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JavaScript - I can't get shared_link_already_exists.metadata
Hi,
I want to create a shared link or get a shared link if it already exists with JavaScript.
If the shared link already exists, returned error has only '.tag'.
error: {
...
The shared_link_already_exists error is not guaranteed to contain the metadata of the existing link, so you do need to have sharingListSharedLinks implemented for when the existing link is not returned. The shared_link_already_exists error may not the contain the metadata of the existing link if the requested settings do not match the settings of the existing link, for instance. Note that the existing link returned by sharingListSharedLinks may not have the same settings that you requested, so be sure to check that as needed.
Hi rweckey,
You're hitting in painful place of Dropbox API documentation - partial documenting. It's mentioned that "shared_link_already_exists" is optional field of the union, but no anything about what this depends on - that would let probability control. When exists, you can get the metadata, otherwise, as you have done, use link enumerations - least a bit optimization.
Let's hope the documentation will get improved.
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