Using dropbox Chooser drop-in to retrieve a non-expiring link to files

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I would like to use the Chooser drop-in to select a file from dropbox and then synchronize my app with that file occasionally in the background.

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/dropins/chooser/js

A scenario would be:

  1. List item
  2. User selects file.
  3. File uploads to my app.
  4. User returns to my app a few days later after modifying the file in dropbox.
  5. My app should synchronize and pull down that particular file (without again displaying the Chooser drop-in).

The problem is that the Chooser provides an expiring link to the file:

"direct" is an expiring link to download the contents of the file

I can use the Core API exclusively which would work, however I would have to build my own UI to browse the user's dropbox directory. Ideally, I'd prefer to not introduce the world to another file browser; Dropbox has a file browser - and people are familiar with it. Is this possible?

Thanks,

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