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API v2 equivalent of /1/metadata/link functionality is required

tim

Please let us know the equivalent for API v2 of /1/metadata/link.

There are countless reasons why this functionality is important for your API -- which you hopefully already know, otherwise I don't know how /1/metadata/link got made in the first place.

If you need stats, a more detailed request or whatever, please let me know.

June 28 is rapidly approaching and us native mobile developers need LOTS of lead time. Even if I could develop the API v2 version in a heartbeat, fastest release time is almost a week in my world.

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Greg-DB

Hi Tim, the API v2 version of /1/metadata/link is /2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_shared_link_metadata

Unlink /1/metadata/link though, it doesn't return the file listing for links to folders. Do you need that functionality in particular? I'll send this along as a feature request for that if so.

tim

Yes, I should have been more specific: I know that /2/ endpoint, but it doesn't work for folders (no way to get the files in the folder).
The specific problem is: someone shares a /sh/ shared folder link to a folder. Inside that folder somewhere (e.g. in a subfolder of a subfolder) is a specific file that my app knows to look for, but its location cannot be known due to many variables. In API v1, it just finds it by using /1/metadata/link and recursing through folders until it finds it. Simple. In Api v2 it's broken.

Greg-DB

Thanks for the additional information. That's helpful. I've sent this along to the team.

ViktorH

There are any updates? I need same sub folders functionality

Greg-DB

No, unfortunately I don't have an update on this.

tim

Greg I was very frustrated to get this email from Dropbox today. Sure, I spent hours and hours working on my apps' migration to v2 already. And nonetheless, despite my efforts, soon tens of thousands of my users are going to wake up one morning and the app will have stopped working. And there's nothing I can do.

Can you please get this endpoint migrated to v2?

To provide our developers with the most up-to-date features and support a single, consistent platform, we're turning off API v1 soon. You'll need to fully migrate your app to API v2 before the turn off date.

Greg-DB

Thanks for the feedback @tim. I'll bring this up with the team again.

By the way, we are now reviewing requests for extensions to API v1 access. If you'd like an extension for access to API v1, please open an API ticket and include:

- The app key(s) for the app(s) you need an extension for.
- The reason(s) for the extension.
- How long of an extension you're asking for.

tim

Thanks, I requested an extension for my app ("Grab for Dropbox" on iOS app store, "Grab Media" on dropbox dev portal)

jczorkmid

I have a very similar need. I've been using /1/metadata/link until now. I had looked into migrating a while ago, but this feature wasn't in v2. Now that we're getting down to the wise I tried again to migrate to v2 and I was suprised that there was no way to get the listing any longer. In fact I didn't even see the equivilant of the 'is_dir' property telling me if the link pointo to a file or directory. Is this coming any time soon? v2 API isn't usable for me at all.

Greg-DB

@jczorkmid I don't have an update on this right now. This would certainly be a legitimate reason to ask for an exception though, so please feel free to do so, as above, if you haven't already.

Also, to determine if the result is for a file or folder, you can check the ".tag" value in the response from /2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata. If you're using an SDK, that would be translated into the native type for the response object.

jczorkmid

Thanks Greg. I submitted a request for an exception. Also, thanks for the pointer on the link type. I'm using python and I hadn't immediately noticed it was a different class based on if it was a file or directory.

Greg-DB

@jczorkmid I don't actually see a ticket from you. Did you use https://www.dropbox.com/developers/contact and see the green confirmation banner when you submitted it? Would you mind trying again? Thanks, and apologies for the bother.

jczorkmid

@Greg-DB I just now saw this comment from you. Since it had continued to work I figured I was in the clear. Whoops.

I filled out the form again, and I did see the green banner for sure this time.

Greg-DB

@jczorkmid No problem, I see your ticket now, so we'll follow up there. Thanks!

Greg-DB

Dropbox API v2 now supports listing the contents of a shared link for a folder. This can be accomplished using the same interface as listing a folder in a connected user's account, via the list_folder functionality. To list the contents of a shared link for a folder, you instead provide the shared link URL in the `shared_link` parameter to list_folder:

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

If you're using an official SDK, there will also be a corresponding method for this endpoint:

In the .NET SDK that's available as `ListFolderAsync`:

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/M_Dropbox_Api_Files_Routes_FilesUserRoutes_ListFolderAsync_1.htm

In the Java SDK that's available via `listFolderBuilder` to get a `ListFolderBuilder` on which you can call `ListFolderBuilder.withSharedLink`:

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v3.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/files/DbxUserFilesRequests.html#listFolderBuilder-java.lang.String-

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v3.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/files/ListFolderBuilder.html

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v3.0.x/com/dropbox/core/v2/files/ListFolderBuilder.html#withSharedLink-com.dropbox.core.v2.files.SharedLink-

In the JavaScript SDK that's available as `filesListFolder`:

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/Dropbox.html#filesListFolder__anchor

In the Python SDK that's available as `files_list_folder`:

https://dropbox-sdk-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/moduledoc.html#dropbox.dropbox.Dropbox.files_list_folder

In the Swift SDK that's available as `listFolder`:

https://dropbox.github.io/SwiftyDropbox/api-docs/latest/Classes/FilesRoutes.html#/s:13SwiftyDropbox11FilesRoutesC10listFolderAA10RpcRequestCyAA0C0C04ListF16ResultSerializerCAH0if5ErrorK0CGSS4path_Sb9recursiveSb16includeMediaInfoSb0O7DeletedSb0O24HasExplicitSharedMembersSb0O14MountedFolderss6UInt32VSg5limittF

In the Objective-C SDK that's available as `listFolder`:

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/api-docs/latest/Classes/DBFILESUserAuthRoutes.html#/c:objc(cs)DBFILESUserAuthRoutes(im)listFolder: