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Download shared file from shared link
Hello,
I'm building a web app using Dropbox API, that app may be use to share some files to people that does not have a dropbox, so I created a share link via the API and then I want those peop...
Unfortunately I don't have a good solution to offer here. Using a shared link with the parameter modification is the best way to share read-only access to a file when the recipient doesn't have a Dropbox account. As you found though, these can't be requested programmatically in browser JavaScript due to the CORS policy.
Alternatively, you could have your server do the download first, and then pass the contents down to end-user's browser instead. This would come at the expense of extra server bandwidth consumption though.
How can I make my server download first?
const file = createWriteStream(filePath);
https.get(fileURL, response => {
response.pipe(file);
file.on('finish', () => {
file.close();
resolve();
});
}).on('error', err => {
fs.unlink(filePath, () => reject(err)); // Delete the file asynchronously on error
});
The code works for other content links. but doesn't works for the dropbox link.
I tired dl=1, raw=1. But still it doesn't work.
All i got everytime are invalid files.
Hi dgtal box,
It's never good idea using temporary derivative of shared link. The issue here is that... it's temporary - that's why expires. Use either the shared link itself or supported modification only instead. 😉
Hope this helps.
I never used temporary derivative of shared link. I use just the shared link itself.
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