CreatePreviewLink Method

Creates a preview link.

Syntax

box.createPreviewLink(fileId, [callback])

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for this method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'data' is the value returned by the method.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

This method creates a preview link for the file resource specified by FileId. The URL of the preview link is returned. Preview links are suitable for embedding in iframes.

Note that preview links expire after 60 seconds, and the preview session expires after 60 minutes. Not all files support previewing.