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Sharath K.
9 years agoNew member | Level 1
Is it possible to get the share link for a file which has been uploaded to dropbox?
I want to integrate Dropbox with my android app. After authentication when I upload a file to Dropbox I also want to retrieve the share link for that file. Is it possible to get it with metadata? Is it possible to get the share link for a file via api call?
Can somebody help? Thank you.
- Greg-DBDropbox Staff
Here's a simple example that shows how to use that method:
try {
SharedLinkMetadata sharedLinkMetadata = client.sharing().createSharedLinkWithSettings("/test.txt");
System.out.println(sharedLinkMetadata.getUrl());
} catch (CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsErrorException ex) {
System.out.println(ex);
} catch (DbxException ex) {
System.out.println(ex);
} - Greg-DBDropbox Staff
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36861838/is-it-possible-to-get-the-share-link-via-dropbox-api-call-for-a-file-which-has-b ]
You can use the Dropbox API to get a shared link for a file you've uploaded. It isn't included with the file metadata itself, so you just need to make an additional API call.
For example, with Dropbox API v2, you can use the /files/upload endpoint to upload a file:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload
In the Dropbox API v2 Java SDK, that corresponds to the upload method:
Then, you would use the /sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings endpoint, e.g., via the createSharedLinkWithSettings method, to get a shared link for the file:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-create_shared_link_with_settings
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v2.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/sharing/DbxUserSharingRequests.html#createSharedLinkWithSettings-java.lang.String- - Timotius P.New member | Level 1
I'm trying to do the same thing, and follow link above.
But I still don't know how to create DbxUserSharingRequests instance. Is there any java example for this?
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