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Infarch
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago
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Sharing files from chooser

Hi All! I need an unusual feature on my site. Users can upload files from Dropbox using the Chooser. After uploading these files should be sometimes compared to their originals in Dropbox and condit...
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    6 years ago

    If you implement the Dropbox Chooser on your web site and use the "preview" link type, the Chooser will return a shared link for each file selected by the user. 

    As long as the user doesn't delete the file or revoke the link, a shared link will stay valid so your app can recheck it for changes occasionally without further manual user interaction.

    If you need a deeper integration than that though, you'd need to use the Dropbox API instead.