Hi Scott, If you just want to access the files, that are local to you:
/Users/<yourusername>/Dropbox/ It's just like any other folder on your mac. You can get that by doing Command - i or get Info Best, Steve On May 14, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > > On 5/14/14 12:55 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > >> On 5/14/14, 1:59 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: >>> Right, I'm not looking to upload/download, I'm trying to get a >>> Dropbox-formatted file path. >> >> I had to deal with that in AirLaunch and I don't think it's possible >> without asking the user at least once. After you do that you can >> generate links using the same format, as long as the files are in the >> same folder as the one the user supplied. >> >> Dropbox generates a different cryptic string for each folder. The >> general format is: >> >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/<long random string>/filename.txt >> >> As long as a file is in the same folder, you can use that URL and just >> replace the filename at the end with a different one. But since each >> folder has its own random string, you can't know what the URL will be >> for any other location. >> >> The Dropbox app probably knows, but it isn't telling. > > > Actually, I'm trying to work out a solution for myself, not for other > users, and this is for local files with Dropbox installed, not using the > web service. Pretty sure the cryptic string is based on the filename as > it's different for every file in the same folder, and replacing a file > with one of the same name generates the same shared link. > > A right-click on the file is able to retrieve this link, so I'm hoping > there's some way to do this through the system. Because there's a bit of > delay before the link is revealed, I'm guessing there's a web/server query > going on behind the scenes. The dropbox.py script is supposedly able to > grab the link, but again, only on Linux it seems. > > Maybe the Dropbox gurus out there (Guglielmo? Andre?) can chime in and > say if this is hopeless. > > Thanks for the responses. > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
