Ultimate Dropbox sharing workflow

[tbnv]

Hi guys,

 

I saw that there are already 2 different Doprobx workflows. Unfortunately, I don't think they're really convenient:

• "Dropbox Short Links" (here) is able to get the link of any file located in the Dropbox folder, but doesn't work with a file that's not in the Dropbox folder. You have to copy/move the file manually then run the workflow.
• "To Dropbox 3.0" (here) is able to copy/move any file to Dropbox and get a public link, but works only with the Dropbox "Public" folder (which is a bit deprecated).

I think that the Ultimate Dropbox sharing workflow would allow:

1. To copy a random file to a specific Dropbox folder (e.g. "Shared Files")
2. To generate a direct/share link for that file

I am not a developer so anything related to Ruby is really hard to understand and I am not able to develop/write such a workflow I need... Does anybody out there have some time to do it? I know I ask a favor here, but I'm sure you'll do 20 times faster than me. :-)

 

Thanks!

Edited May 24, 2013 by tbnv

[Carlos-Sz]

Did you suggested this feature to Dropbox Short Links author? For what you want his workflow makes the not so obvious part of the process. I mean, it won’t be that difficult to add a copy/move feature or a second workflow to do this.

[tbnv]

Yes I did.

[minchik]

Here is another dropbox share wokflow for alfred 2 http://db.tt/HyUXaHsF

Share you files inside and outside your dropbox folder. Just remeber it can take some time to upload your file if it is not in dropbox folder

Edited July 5, 2013 by minchik

[tbnv]

Awesome, you should share it in the "share your workflow" forum.

Thanks.

[tbnv]

Actually, it doesn't seem to work properly. I can set the folder but then the file is not placed in the specified folder (it always goes in Public) + I have to type the name of the file in the Alfred field. It would be nice if it directly uses the selected file.

[minchik]

There was a bug. Just update workflow from the same link. And now you can press CMD+OPTION+SHIFT+D to share selected file in your foder. You have to run assetup once again!!!!!!!! Enjoy!

[tbnv]

Now it seems it doesn't work at all anymore.

It keeps asking me to run assetup...

[minchik]

Seem's like you have a whitespace in the name of your folder. Fixed

[tbnv]

It's working now, thanks.

How did you know that the name of my folder has a whitespace?

[minchik]

Because whitespaces are evil))) Most of developers never use whitespaces in the names of files or folders. I always use names like: folder_to_share or folderToShare. So there was no problem on my computer. But as you write before you are not developer)))

Edited July 6, 2013 by minchik

[minchik]

Code improvements. Update please.

[tbnv]

I just upgraded, it works very smoothly now.

Thanks!

[tbnv]

Hi. One more thing. What do I have to change in the plugin in order to get a long Dropbox URL instead of a short "db.tt" one?

[minchik]

 CMD+OPTION+SHIFT+L To get long link. You can also share folders already uploaded to dropbox.

[tbnv]

Hi. I just updated it but know I get the notification "Sorry, I can share folders already uploaded to Dropbox!" each time I try to upload something...

[minchik]

Sorry, You should download it one more time.

[tbnv]

It's working perfectly now, thanks a lot.

[minchik]

You are welcome. 

[mocq]

Hi Minchik,

 

I'm interested in this workflow.  Unfortuntely, I am a mere mortal and have no idea what "assetup" is or where it can be found.  How does one locate and run this?

 

My thanks,

 

Mocq.

[minchik]

Hello mocq!!! Just type assetup in alfred, and select desired folder inside of your dropbox. It will be used when your file not inside of dropbox

Edited July 10, 2013 by minchik

[foamster]

Amazing! Have wanted this since installing alfred. A modification that would make it even better would be to have the option of copying a long link with "dl" instead of "www" as the prefix to the link address. As a mathematician, I link a lot of pdf's and it is nice to go straight to download when clicking. 

 

[minchik]

You should download a new version from the same link.

[minchik]

Code improvements. You should download new version.

[krenaud]

Hi,

 

I am not getting AS to work. I run assetup, then type "Share" which is a folder within my Dropbox and I select "/Users/khr/Dropbox/Share". When I then try to use "as <filename>" it prompts me to run assetup again.

 

I just downloaded AS from the provided link a few minutes ago, so I assume that I have the latest version.

 

BTW: I have Path Finder installed on my OSX 10.8.4 machine in case that may affect things.

 

I don't get any form of notification after running assetup.

Edited August 8, 2013 by krenaud