Getting a shared link for a file or folder

Creating a shared link for a folder using the Dropbox Python library

This uses the Dropbox Python SDK to create a shared link for a folder:

import dropbox
dbx = dropbox.Dropbox("<ACCESS_TOKEN>")
shared_link_metadata = dbx.sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings("/Testing")
print shared_link_metadata.url

<ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with the access token.

Retrieving an existing shared link for a specific file using curl

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/list_shared_links \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"path\": \"/test.txt\", \"direct_only\": true}"

<ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with the OAuth 2 access token.

Creating a shared link for a file using the SwiftyDropbox library

Dropbox.authorizedClient!.sharing.createSharedLink(path: "/test.txt").response({ response, error in
    if let link = response {
        print(link.url)
    } else {
        print(error!)
    }
})

Creating a shared link for a file using curl

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"path\": \"/Prime_Numbers.txt\",\"settings\": {\"requested_visibility\": \"public\"}}"

<ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with the access token.

Creating a shared link for a file with expiration and visibility settings using the Dropbox Python library

This uses the Dropbox Python SDK to create a shared link for a file and also supplies a requested visibility and expiration in the settings:

import datetime

import dropbox

dbx = dropbox.Dropbox("<ACCESS_TOKEN>")

expires = datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=30)
requested_visibility = dropbox.sharing.RequestedVisibility.team_only
desired_shared_link_settings = dropbox.sharing.SharedLinkSettings(requested_visibility=requested_visibility, expires=expires)

shared_link_metadata = dbx.sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings("/test.txt", settings=desired_shared_link_settings)

print(shared_link_metadata)

<ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with the access token.

Creating a shared link for a file using the Dropbox Java library

This uses the Dropbox Java SDK to create a shared link for a file at the Dropbox path /test.txt:

try {
    SharedLinkMetadata sharedLinkMetadata = client.sharing().createSharedLinkWithSettings("/test.txt");
    System.out.println(sharedLinkMetadata.getUrl());
} catch (CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsErrorException ex) {
    System.out.println(ex);
} catch (DbxException ex) {
    System.out.println(ex);
}

This assumes client is a pre-existing and authorized DbxClientV2 object, and does some basic exception handling to print the output.

Getting a shared link for a file using the Dropbox .NET library

This example uses the Dropbox .NET library to get a shared link for a file, either by creating a new one, or retrieving an existing one:

SharedLinkMetadata sharedLinkMetadata;
try {
    sharedLinkMetadata = await this.client.Sharing.CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsAsync (path);
} catch (ApiException<CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsError> err) {
    if (err.ErrorResponse.IsSharedLinkAlreadyExists) {
        var sharedLinksMetadata = await this.client.Sharing.ListSharedLinksAsync (path, null, true);
        sharedLinkMetadata = sharedLinksMetadata.Links.First();
    } else {
        throw err;
    }
}
Console.WriteLine (sharedLinkMetadata.Url);

Creating a shared link for a file using curl in PHP

<?php

$parameters = array('path' => '/test.txt');

$headers = array('Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>',
                 'Content-Type: application/json');

$curlOptions = array(
        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => $headers,
        CURLOPT_POST => true,
        CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($parameters),
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_VERBOSE => true
    );

$ch = curl_init('https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings');
curl_setopt_array($ch, $curlOptions);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;

curl_close($ch);

?>

<ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with the OAuth 2 access token.

Retrieving an existing shared link for a specific file using the Dropbox Java library

This uses the Dropbox Java SDK to retrieve an existing shared link for /Testing/test.txt specifically:

ListSharedLinksResult listSharedLinksResult = client.sharing()
        .listSharedLinksBuilder()
        .withPath("/Testing/test.txt").withDirectOnly(true)
        .start();
System.out.println(listSharedLinksResult.getLinks());