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How to read a shared folder link in v2?
When I share a dropbox folder by passing a link to someone, the format is something like:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/someid/someotherid?dl=0
Here is the API to read a shared folder:
https://www...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThe /2/sharing/get_folder_metadata endpoint you're referring to is for operating on shared folders, but you have a shared link (to a folder) which is a different kind of sharing functionality on Dropbox and so uses a different ID.
If you want information about a shared link, for a file or folder, you can use /2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_shared_link_metadata
Or to download file content from a link:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_shared_link_file
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