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List existing shared links?

How can I use the API to find existing shared files (not folders)?

I've used the /metadata method to get a list of files and folders and there are no extra fields against files that have a sharable URL. Shared folders of course do have the shared_folder_id field.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Ben

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Steve M.

This isn't currently possible through the API, but we'll consider this a feature request.

To help us prioritize, would you mind telling us about your use case? What would your app do with this information?

Ben P.17

Hi Steve,

I'm a Dropbox for Business user - I'm building an admin interface to browse all team member files and need to see what files & folders are being shared.

Ben

Steve M.

The Dropbox for Business audit log does list when shared links are created, so you can sort of reconstruct this. See https://www.dropbox.com/developers/business/docs#log-get-events.

Steve M.

Oh, and actually, I had forgotten that this was already added in the API v2 preview on an individual basis: https://www.dropbox.com/developers-preview/documentation/http#documentation-get_shared_links.

I don't believe API v2 yet supports `Perform-As-Team-Member`, but it will by the time it launches. So then you could make this call for each user on the team to collect all the shared links.

Ben P.17

Ah that's great news - I wasn't aware of the API v2 preview so thanks for letting me know.

Cheers
Ben