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How to Use Dropbox API to Organize and Save Files from External URLs?
Hello Forum Members,
I have a project where I receive public URLs of files, and I need to save these files to a specific folder structure in Dropbox. The folder structure in Dropbox should be o...
Dropbox does offer an API endpoint /2/files/save_url which allows you to specify a particular URL to a file and a path where you'd like to save that file in the connected Dropbox account. You can supply the public URL, and programmatically build the desired destination path in your code.
By the way, that's a link to the documentation for the HTTPS endpoints themselves, but we recommend using one of the official SDKs if possible. Those have corresponding native methods for the HTTPS endpoints.
That sounds like that would work for your use case, so I suggest trying that out. The API Explorer is a good way to test and prototype calls like this.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffDropbox does offer an API endpoint /2/files/save_url which allows you to specify a particular URL to a file and a path where you'd like to save that file in the connected Dropbox account. You can supply the public URL, and programmatically build the desired destination path in your code.
By the way, that's a link to the documentation for the HTTPS endpoints themselves, but we recommend using one of the official SDKs if possible. Those have corresponding native methods for the HTTPS endpoints.
That sounds like that would work for your use case, so I suggest trying that out. The API Explorer is a good way to test and prototype calls like this.
Hi Greg DB,
Thank you for your helpful response! I greatly appreciate the guidance.
It's great to know that Dropbox offers the /2/files/save_url API endpoint, which seems to align perfectly with my use case. I'll definitely look into using this endpoint to save files from the provided URLs to the desired Dropbox folder structure.
I'll also take your advice and explore the official SDKs for Dropbox.
I'll give the API Explorer a try for testing and prototyping as well.
Once again, thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Your assistance has been invaluable!
Thanks!
Hi Greg,
Your previous response helped me a lot in addressing my requirement, thanks for that. Also, I was curious if a file saved already exists using this endpoint, then it updates the name and appends it with a counter filename(1)? Is there any possibility to completely override the file if it already exists?- Greg-DB
ABDUL Salam No, unfortunately the /2/files/save_url endpoint doesn't offer "write mode" options, e.g., to overwrite an existing file at the specified location, like /2/files/upload does. I'll pass this along as a feature request, but I can't promise if or when that might be implemented.
Thank you, Greg-DB, for your prompt response. I greatly appreciate your willingness to consider this as a feature request, as it has the potential to provide significant benefits in numerous use cases.
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