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For several platforms, there is an option to share files and folders via a link. The preserved shared links policy determines whether "domain" or "anyone" links are transferred from the source to the destination. Permission Preservation must be configured in your job for Shared Links to be transferred.

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Info

This option is automatically enabled when shared links only is selected as the item permissions policy.

Note

Notification emails may be generated on the destination platform when shared links are transferred.

Supported Platforms

The following platforms support shared links. Refer to the Platform Comparison to see conflict between platforms.

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  • (Anyone) People with the link: Anyone with the link view only.

  • (Company) People in your company view only.

  • (Company) Invited people only: shared link will be view only; invited users can be set as view or edit.

  • Box has an additional option to view and download but we do not support transferring that and this is not an applicable option for SPO.

SkySync DryvIQ only supports anyone or domain (company). When transferring to SharePoint Online, the Box options will be translated as follows: 

  • (Anyone) Anyone with the link can view.

  • (Company) People in company with the link can view.

  • (Company) Internal: People in company with the link can view and the invited users from within the company will be added to SPO direct access list with the corresponding edit or view rights.

  • (Company) External Users: People in company with the link can view and the invited external user will go to the pending access & requests page.

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These are the two REST API requests you can use to get the information on each type of shared link.

Code Block
GET url}}v1/transfers/items?processing=domain_shared_links&jobs={{job

Code Block
GET url}}v1/transfers/items?processing= anyone_shared_links&jobs={{job

Terms

Anyone/Anonymous: Links that can be shared with anyone

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  • Box: company

  • Dropbox: team_only

  • Google: domain

  • SharePoint: organizational

Feature Support

SkySync DryvIQ handles shared links differently per platform. The following list defines different ways SkySync DryvIQ handles shared links.  Refer to the table below to see how SkySync DryvIQ handles shared links for each platform that supports this feature. 

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Status
colourGreen
titlesupported
: Feature is fully supported by the Platform and SkySyncDryvIQ.

Status
colourRed
titlenot supported
: Feature is available by the Platform but not supported by SkySyncDryvIQ.

Status
titlenot applicable
: Feature is not supported by the Platform.

Box

Dropbox

SharePoint Online

Google Workspace

Number of Links

1 link per file or folder

1 link per file or folder

multiple links per file or folder

Max 2 links; anonymous and/or a domain

Rights

Status
colourPurple
titleREAD/VIEW RIGHTS UNSAFE-ONLY

Status
colourPurple
titleREAD/VIEW RIGHTS UNSAFE-ONLY
VIEW -ONLY

Status
colourPurple
titleREAD/VIEW AND WRITE/EDIT
DEDIT

Status
colourPurple
titleREAD/VIEW AND WRITE/EDIT
RITE/

Expiration Date

Status
colourGreen
titlesupported

Status
colourGreen
titlesupported
PPORTED

Status
colourBlue
titleANYONE LINKS UNSAFE-ONLY

Status
colourPurple
titleREAD/VIEW RIGHTS UNSAFE-ONLY
FE-ONLY

Link Passwords

Status
colourRed
titlenot supported

Status
colourRed
titlenot supported
ORTED

Status
titlenot applicable

Status
titlenot applicable

Disable Download

Status
colourRed
titlenot supported

Status
colourRed
titlenot supported
T

Status
titlenot applicable

Status
titlenot applicable

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REST API Examples

These are the two REST API requests you can use to get the information on each type of shared link.

Code Block
GET {{url}}v1/transfers/items?processing=domain_shared_links&jobs={{job}}

Code Block
GET {{url}}v1/transfers/items?processing=anyone_shared_links&jobs={{job}}

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Example JSON

Info

Permission Preservation Policy must be enabled to transfer Shared Links successfully.

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Example | Shared Links Basic Job

POST {{url}}v1/jobs

Code Block
{
    "name":"Shared Links Example",
    "kind": "transfer",
    "transfer": {
        "transfer_type": "copy",
        "large_item": "skip",
        "batch_mode": "always",
    	"timestamps": "true",
    	"tags": "none",
    	"permissions": {
            "policy": "add",
            "links": true,
            "failures": "exceptions"
    	},
    	"segment_transform": true,
    	"preserve_owners": true,
    	"duplicate_names": "rename",
    	"empty_containers": "create",
    	"versioning": {
        	"preserve": "native",
        	"select": "all"
    	},
        "source": {
            "connection": { "id": "{{cloud_connection_source}}" },
            "target": {
                "path": "/sourcePath"
            }
        },
        "destination": {
            "connection": { "id": "{{cloud_connection_destination}}" },
            "target": {
                "path": "/destinationPath"
            }
        }
    },
    "schedule": {
        "mode": "manual"
    },
    "stop_policy": {
        "on_success": 2,
        "on_failure": 2
    },
    "category": {
    	"name": "Report | Shared Link Jobs"
   }
}

Example | Shared Links with Permissions Import

POST {{url}}v1/jobs

Code Block
{
  "name":"Shared Links with Permissions Import",
  "kind": "transfer",
  "transfer": {
    "audit_level": "trace",
    "transfer_type": "copy",
    "permissions": {
      "policy": "add",
      "failures": "exceptions",
      "links": true,
      "import": {
        "source": {
          "text": {
            ["delimiter"]: ",", //optional, defaults to comma
            "target": {
              "path": "/permissions_import.csv"
            }
          }
        },
        "output": {
          "format": "text"
        }
      }
    }, 
    "source": {
      "connection": {
        "id": "{{nfs_connection}}" 
      },
      "target": {
        "path":"/"
      }
    },
    "destination": {
      "connection": {
        "id": "{{cloud_connection}}"
      },
      "target": {
        "path": "/destinationPath"
      }
    }
  },
    "schedule": {
        "mode": "manual"
    },
    "stop_policy": {
        "on_success": 2,
        "on_failure": 2
    },
    "category": {
    	"name": "Report | Shared Link Jobs"
   }
}