Copy shared file

Vfaa

Is it possible to get a copy reference for a shared file? Or is it possible to copy a shared file from an account i dont have access, to a user dropbox that i have access to, without needing to download and reupload the certain shared file to the user's dropbox?

Greg-DB

It's not possible to get a copy reference for a shared link for a file from an account you don't have access to. However, if you have access to the receiving account, and the link is for a file, you can use /2/files/save_url:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-save_url

That will enable you to save the linked file to the account without locally downloading and re-uploading it. Note that this only works for shared links for files, not folders.

By the way, that link is to the documentation for the HTTPS endpoint itself, but we recommend using one of the official SDKs if possible:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation

Those have corresponding native methods for the HTTPS endpoints.