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multiple calls of `files_get_temporary_link`
Hello, I just got stuck when trying to call dbx.files_get_temporary_link(path) multiple times in python. because I need to create a bunch of links for a dynamically fed input (different paths...
Well, if you uncomment the second call, and hence have both ones running, it doesn’t work anymore at my side. With the exact code I posted before.
Is that what you also tried, too? You said »both calls, each generating a unique link to the same file.« but it should be two different files. Just saying.
Now that I wanted to create a simplified version of the code for you, this one actually works. It is very weird though, because it ain’t too different from my actual code. I’ll post the now working one here (maybe also as a refernece for others). But I still don’t understand why my other code doesn’t work.#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- import dropbox import os import traceback access_token = '*****' dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(access_token) def getTemporaryLink(dbx, folder, name): path = '/%s/%s' % (folder, name) try: link = dbx.files_get_temporary_link(path) except dropbox.exceptions.HttpError as err: print '*** HTTP error', err return None return link products = ["One.zip", "Two.zip"] temporaryLinks = [] for product in products: x = getTemporaryLink(dbx, "myFolder", product) temporaryLinks.append(x) for linkResult in temporaryLinks: print linkResult.link
chirstius
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey mark2mark,
From the sample you have provided, you are correct, there's nothing technically wrong with the call to get_temporary_link(), but the issue seems to revolve around what is being done to the result that comes back (a GetTemporaryLinkResult object).
Would you be willing to post a bit more of your code to help identify what might be causing this? Particularly what's being done with the result of the call.
Thanks!
-Chuck
Wow chirstius, what a quick reply. Thank you!
here’s a basic code.
Thanks in advance!
#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- import dropbox import os access_token = "*****" dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(access_token) def getTemporaryLink(dbx, folder, name): path = '/%s/%s' % (folder, name) try: link = dbx.files_get_temporary_link(path) except dropbox.exceptions.HttpError as err: print '*** HTTP error', err return None return link folder = "myFirstLevelFolder" temporaryLink1 = getTemporaryLink(dbx, folder, "thing1.zip") print temporaryLink1 # WORKS up to here.
# temporaryLink2 = getTemporaryLink(dbx, folder, "thing2.zip") # breaks, throws error # print temporaryLink2
- chirstius
Thanks for posting. I was able to run your code and it seems to work without error - both calls, each generating a unique link to the same file.
The error you are seeing would seem to imply trying to invoke a method call directly on the results object (or a property of it). This code isn't doing anything beyond printing the results. Can you show some of the original code as-is and let's see if we can figure out what might be going wrong there?
Thanks!
-Chuck
Well, if you uncomment the second call, and hence have both ones running, it doesn’t work anymore at my side. With the exact code I posted before.
Is that what you also tried, too? You said »both calls, each generating a unique link to the same file.« but it should be two different files. Just saying.
Now that I wanted to create a simplified version of the code for you, this one actually works. It is very weird though, because it ain’t too different from my actual code. I’ll post the now working one here (maybe also as a refernece for others). But I still don’t understand why my other code doesn’t work.#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- import dropbox import os import traceback access_token = '*****' dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(access_token) def getTemporaryLink(dbx, folder, name): path = '/%s/%s' % (folder, name) try: link = dbx.files_get_temporary_link(path) except dropbox.exceptions.HttpError as err: print '*** HTTP error', err return None return link products = ["One.zip", "Two.zip"] temporaryLinks = [] for product in products: x = getTemporaryLink(dbx, "myFolder", product) temporaryLinks.append(x) for linkResult in temporaryLinks: print linkResult.link
- chirstius
I tried it both ways - same file, and two different files. Both seemed to work without issue. Either way, I'm glad you've got it working now. Thanks for sharing the code hopefully someone else might find it valuable.
Good luck with the rest of the project!
-Chuck
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