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Uploading direct to Dropbox server via FTP
I want to ftp a backup file from my web host to my DropBox account. I need to know the DropBox emote server name and port number to acocmplish this task. Where can I obtain this information? DropBox ...
Hello,
I currently have several camera images that are being uploaded to an FTP server and then synced to my dropbox account. I have a script running that takes the newest image (new one every 15 mins) and changes the name to the same file name each time.
Example:
Incoming file name image_202108051108.jpg (file name changes depending on the date and time)
Script changes the file to Pic1.jpg (same name every time)
My issue is each time the file is updated the link to the image is broken and therefore the webpage that is supposed to be linking to the images cannot update. Is there a way to make a persistent link to a filename so that no matter when it updates the link will always work?
Thanks in advance.
- Megan
Dropbox Staff
Hi Nova Integrated Systems, welcome to the Dropbox Community!
As a first step, can you clarify if you're using a shared link on your end to achieve that? What steps do you follow?
Keep in mind that, at the moment, there's no direct way of connecting your Dropbox account directly to an FTP server other than an API or a third-party app.
You can also have a look at this thread and this one for some more ideas that might help.
I hope this helps to some extent!Hi Lori,
I was using the share link function in dropbox to get the url then embedding that into the webpage. Works like a charm for another client but with these images dropbox thinks they are getting deleted and a new file is being uploaded with each new update. So the link degrades when the image is being updated.
I need to have the URL point to the file name and not degrade with each update.
Thanks
- Rich
Super User II
Nova Integrated Systems wrote:
... with these images dropbox thinks they are getting deleted and a new file is being uploaded with each new update. So the link degrades when the image is being updated.
This will happen when the process that is saving the files is first deleting the original before saving the new version, instead of just overwriting the existing file. When a file is overwritten, a shared link pointing to it will be preserved. If the file is deleted and replaced, the shared link will not be preserved.
There is no other method for generating a link to a file that will be preserved even if the file is deleted/re-saved. Instead, whatever process you're using to save the files to Dropbox needs to just overwrite the existing file without first deleting it.
Hello,
I currently have several camera images that are being uploaded to an FTP server and then synced to my dropbox account. I have a script running that takes the newest image (new one every 15 mins) and changes the name to the same file name each time.
Example:
Incoming file name image_202108051108.jpg (file name changes depending on the date and time)
Script changes the file to Pic1.jpg (same name every time)
My issue is each time the file is updated the link to the image is broken and therefore the webpage that is supposed to be linking to the images cannot update. Is there a way to make a persistent link to a filename so that no matter when it updates the link will always work? I am currently trying to use the "create link" function in dropbox but as mentioned previously that link changes when the file is changed.
Thanks in advance.
Megan I had to repost because my previous post somehow got merged with another and then closed. I couldnt respond to your question.
Some additional research shows that Dropbox thinks that i am deleting the file and then adding the new one which is why the link is degraded. So what i need is a link that points to the file name only so that it doesnt degrade.
