Python - what to type to get the shared link of a file?

omahacircusarts

I need a little bit of python help.  I've learned how to create a shared link, but if a shared link is already created on that file, it errors out.

shared_link_metadata = dbx.sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings("/temp/hehe.txt")
print (shared_link_metadata.url)

How do I check if the link already exists and how do I check the link if one is already created?  Thanks!

Greg-DB

The sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings method will throw an exception if a shared link is already created for the specified path. You can catch that, and use CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsError.is_shared_link_already_exists to determine if that's the reason the call failed. If so, you can use CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsError.get_shared_link_already_exists to get the error value, which may include the metadata of the existing shared link.

Alternatively, you can first call sharing_list_shared_links with the 'path' and 'direct_only=True' to check if a link already exists for the particular path, and retrieve it if so.