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Sharable link to file using Java API v2

Hello, I am able to upload a file with Java API v2:

try (InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(localFile)) {
    return mDbxClient.files().uploadBuilder(remoteFolderPath + "/" + remoteFileName)
            .withMode(WriteMode.OVERWRITE)
            .uploadAndFinish(inputStream);
} catch (DbxException | IOException e) {
    mException = e;
}

How can I get a sharable link to this file?

Thanks!

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Greg-DB

No, the API doesn't provide a way for controlling that, but you can parse the URL and change it on the client-side. There's information about these parameters here:

https://www.dropbox.com/help/201

Holger K.

The resolved visibility is PUBLIC, but today it seems to work.
I did not change my code, so this is pretty odd.

Anyways I have one more question about this. The link that is returned ends with dl=0.

Is there some parameter that returns a link ending with dl=1

Greg-DB

What is the the SharedLinkMetadata.LinkPermissions.ResolvedVisibility on the resulting link metadata (your slm variable)? It can be different than the requested visibility, per the documentation:

"The current visibility of the link after considering the shared links policies of the the team (in case the link's owner is part of a team) and the shared folder (in case the linked file is part of a shared folder)."

Holger K.

Thanks, but the resulting link is not public, it requires to login

SharedLinkMetadata slm = mDbxClient.sharing().createSharedLinkWithSettings(remoteFolderPath + "/" + remoteFileName, SharedLinkSettings.newBuilder().withRequestedVisibility(RequestedVisibility.PUBLIC).build());
String url = slm.getUrl();

Greg-DB

You can use createSharedLinkWithSettings to get a shared link for a file or folder.