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LKT
6 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Get child folder link from shared folder link
Hi, I am trying to use the API to get the already created shared url for child folders in a shared folder. To demonstrate I have a shared folder link that contains some files and a folder here: ...
- 6 years ago
The Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to get the child link like this unfortunately, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
The Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to get the child link like this unfortunately, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
Greg-DB
4 years agoDropbox Staff
Update: The Dropbox API now returns the shared link for the nested item as 'url' when requesting the metadata for that item using the "path" parameter on /2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata (instead of the original parent link).
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