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Susan P.1
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

How to share a Dropbox File or Folder with a Short URL

I would like to make some files stored in my Dropbox, downloadable from a web page. For this reason, I would like to be able to create Short URL's for each file. I have read the following tutorial bu...
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    Ed
    10 years ago

    Hi Susan

    What you could do is hit 'share' on your desired folder/files and then copy the long link into a URL shortener (any 3rd party shortener you currently use like http://bit.ly or http://tinyurl.com).

    Hope it helps!

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Rich
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8 years ago

They have been removing shortened links from Dropbox over the last couple of years. They very likely will not add a feature that they have spent the last two years removing.

 

The last (it seems) location that can create shortened links is within the v1 API (which is likely how SnagIt does it). The v1 API is deprecated and will be discontinued this year.

 

Shortened links are dead within Dropbox. Use a third-party service such as goo.gl or bit.ly to create them.

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