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Temporary links to videos or images have no cache header set
Hey, I noticed that temporary links don't have any cache header set. I suspect this is by design, but for use cases such as displaying media from Dropbox folder in a slideshow, it causes the browser to download large image and video files every time they are displayed. This causes un-necessary load for both my users and…
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Issue with temporary link, related to refresh tokens?
Hi all. I noticed this error when opening a temporary link that my app has recently created (under 1 hour), with the status code 410 (Gone). {"error": "Unauthorized"} However, I usually get "Not Found" error message when a temporary link has expired, but the newly created temporary link above shows the Unauthorized error…
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Temporary links not working properly for some users, bandwidth limit?
Hey all. Just a small background, the app I'm working on allows people to play media files in a slideshow from a Dropbox folder. We simply generate a temporary link to the files every 3.6 hours while the slideshow is active. This method has worked great for us for the past few years. Now to the issue, some users have…
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Issue with list_folder & list_folder/continue
Hey. I'm basically syncing changes made to a folder by calling list_folder every minute. I recently changed my strategy to use list_folder/continue in order to only get changes that have happened, instead of calling list_folder every minute. I must say it looked promising, but sometimes when I add multiple files,…
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Sync files between Apps
Hey. People can create a real-time slideshow with my Dropbox app, which works fantastic. However, some people are running into an issue where they have another Dropbox app such as SimpleBooth and they can't share or sync the files from that App to my app. Is there a way to sync/share files between Apps in Dropbox? Thanks!
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Creating temporary links for a slideshow (one device)
Hi all, I own a website where people can create a real-time slideshow from various social providers such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc. I've received a couple of requests where people want to be able to display photos from a Dropbox folder, so I've been researching the Dropbox API to see what options I have. I…
