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How to update shared folder link access from edit to view

I've successfully created a backend service to update shared folder member access to view only; however, the the shared folder link is still set to Edit access. I thought using the https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/modify_shared_link_settings endpoint would do the trick passing in the following parameters:

{

"url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/****",

"settings": {

"requested_visibility": "public",

"audience": "public",

"access": "viewer"

"remove_expiration": false

}

Folder still shows edit access however for the shared link

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Greg-DB

Whether or not you need to revoke the edit link will depend on your use case; it's not required for creating a view link. To revoke a link you'd use /2/sharing/revoke_shared_link. Whether or not you do revoke the edit link, you can create the view link using /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings.

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Greg-DB

Thanks for the post. We'll look into this and get back to you.

Greg-DB

The Dropbox API doesn't support changing the access level on an existing link like this, but it looks like the API isn't properly reporting that back in the /2/sharing/modify_shared_link_settings response. I've asked the team to fix that up.

That being the case, if you need a view link instead of an edit link, you'll need to create a new view link instead.

journeymigration

So in effect, would I remove the share link and then use the API to create a view link and that'd effectively do the same thing?

Greg-DB

journeymigration

Here's how I'm revoking and then creating the link in a Console application:

await client.Sharing.RevokeSharedLinkAsync(url);
          SharedLinkSettings settings = new SharedLinkSettings(access: RequestedLinkAccessLevel.Viewer.Instance);
          await client.Sharing.CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsAsync(sharedFolderPath,settings);

This appears to work on my end, thank you.