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shared_link_already_exists
Hello, There is an 409 (Conflict) error i have never encountered since today with a responseText "shared_link_already_exists". I have a generic function getDropboxFiles() called in several places i...
When calling /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings a shared_link_already_exists error is expected if a shared link already exists for that path.
This can occur, for example, if your app already made that API call for that path. Is it possible your app ran that code more than once for a particular path?
If can also occur if the user elsewhere made a link for that file or folder though, even outside of your app, e.g., via the Dropbox web site.
That being the case, you should make sure your app is ready to handle that error. You can use /2/sharing/list_shared_links with direct=true to get the existing link.
Yours response is "409 (Conflict) error", how can i know that authentic error is "shared_link_already_exists"?
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