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cah1
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7 years ago
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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 ...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    7 years ago

    Hi cah1

    In answer to your question (as it hasnt been answered) there is no way to do what you are asking I'm afraid. 

    Dropbox does not offer any sort of SFTP/FTP functionality.

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Megan
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4 years ago

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!

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Nova Integrated Systems
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

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's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    4 years ago
    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.

    • Novais's avatar
      Novais
      Explorer | Level 3
      4 years ago
      Thanks Rich,

      I’m using a simple batch file with a move function to rename the file. I might be able to change the batch file to force an overwrite but I haven’t had any luck so far. There is a Dropbox plugin for Wordpress that we may be able to use instead. Going to try that first before I bang my head against the wall too much

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