Link validity to file when using ZAPIER

Question

I am using ZAPIER to integrate to dropbox. The process is as follows:

* Write file to dropbox folder with a specific file name
* Get a link to the file added in step 1 above via ZAPIER and include the link in an email

My question: How long will the link I got via ZAPIER be valid for?

To put some context into my question, I ran the process and the links expired within twently four hours.

Walter · Answer

Thanks for the additional information there @Robert_S  - much appreciated.

It looks like Zapier is using a direct temporary link, which is expected to expire. The link beginning with http://www.dropbox.com/s/ is a permanent link.

Since the integration is coming from Zapier, you'd need to reach out to them for further assistance on this since it's an issue their devs might need to troubleshoot.

I hope this helps!

Robert_S · Answer

Here is one of the actual files that is representative of the whole folder:

File link from drobox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfklswowbelfd58/rsababady%40gmail.com%20%281%29.pdf?dl=0

Here is the link I have in the email when the zap attaches the file to an email using a ZAP: https://uc78f60ec0a523371f33f8f56bcc.dl.dropboxusercontent.com/cd/0/get/B4Bu1CCU7SwX0O457Caov-UGnf7M94bpB5ZpOPjIjSUb6ZT5aNwW9hgQb5BZ-loqOVjwOT_-WN8Y2IFks3By6SmaJAp1fqaEj6klDLY6AEOAYrFSfQVh9HaMzUUVhb0Sa94KlV008rPHF5y95ZyzhPlpAQyq-l_BOlgRAZGBMEwVM1wLRNnklcWPo-fdzb_yTVU/file

Robert_S · Answer

Here is a link I generated manually...... Seems to work:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rpz24m9qondqjas/Przechwytywanie.PNG?dl=0