Is it possible to programmatically get a shared Dropbox link without sending the user to the dropbox login page?

Question

I'm developing a web application in vb.net 4.5 and using the third party library: Dropnet . I'm wondering if is it possible to get a shared link from dropbox- programmatically- without having the user to login to dropbox. thanks in advance!

Answer 1

If it is access to your dropbox files via the API, then you can request an access token from the App Console for the app you are working on.

See button here:

If it is the users file you are trying to access, they have to auth via OAuth2 for security purposes.