[Q] Direct file links with APIv2

Eugene G.4

Hi.

Can i get the direct links to files, stored on Dropbox, with APIv2 similarly to APIv1 (

https://content.dropboxapi.com/1/files/auto/

) so that i can reuse my code?

Thank you for your help.
Eugene

Greg-DB

Hi Eugene, yes, you can still construct an API v2 call for a "content-download" endpoint like this using just a URL. You can find information on this in the formats section of the documentation. For example, for the /2/files/download endpoint, instead of the typical way as shown in the example:

curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download \
 --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
 --header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\": \"/test.mov\"}"

you can do this:

curl "https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download?arg={"path": "/test.mov"}&authorization=Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"

Alternatively, you can use /2/files/get_temporary_link to get a temporary direct link, like this:

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_temporary_link \
 --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data "{\"path\": \"/test.mov\"}"

Hope this helps!