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How to make users to download files in Dropbox with Ruby?

I'm now trying to make a function that allows users to access to the link of the file to download.

The native link is https://www.dropbox.com/home/Apps/ringle_records?preview=lesson_id_11%3Auser_id_5.mp3 but, it is only accessible by admin ( for sure ). If I have a user who is eligible to know this link, then I would love to allow this user to click some button to download the file.

I am kind of bogged down when it comes to implementation. Because if I use the below code, it seems it stores data into the server.

def self.dropbox_download
    contents, metadata = Drop_client.get_file_and_metadata('/lesson_id_12:user_id_7.mp3.mp3')
    begin
      File.open('filename.mp3', 'wb') do |file|
        file.write(contents)
      end
    rescue
    end
  end

I want to make user to click something and the "mp3" file will be downloaded, but I don't think the above code works in this way.

Please shoot any opinion! I'm looking forward to seeing!

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Solution

  • If you only need to allow other users to download this specific file (or some specific set of files), the easiest way is to just get a shared link to the relevant file(s):

    https://www.dropbox.com/help/167

    You can modify these shared links for different behaviors, e.g., for file downloads, as shown here:

    https://www.dropbox.com/help/201

    If you do need to get these links programmatically, you can use the shares method:

    https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-ruby/api-docs/v1.6.4/DropboxClient.html#method-i-shares

    You can then give the shared link to the user, e.g., as a link on a web page, or in an email, etc.