# IRPCSharedLinks.GetExternalSharingSettings

Location: [gRPC API](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/index.md) > [Vault API](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/vault/index.md) > [Shared links](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCSharedLinks/index.md)

HTML version: https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCSharedLinks/GetExternalSharingSettings/

Badges: `Vault API / standard` `write` `session or assertion` `returns metadata structure version`

Tells whether sharing is enabled in the vault and what the caller may do with external links.

- **Service:** [Shared links](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCSharedLinks/index.md) `MFiles.IRPCSharedLinks`
- **gRPC method:** `/MFiles.IRPCSharedLinks/GetExternalSharingSettings`
- **HTTP (mf-http-grpc):** `POST /grpc/v1/get-external-sharing-settings`
- **Request:** [`GetExternalSharingSettingsRequest`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCSharedLinks/GetExternalSharingSettings/index.md#request)
- **Response:** [`GetExternalSharingSettingsResponse`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCSharedLinks/GetExternalSharingSettings/index.md#response)
- **Book and level:** Vault API, standard
- **Kind:** write
- **Session:** Required: a session (mfiles-session-id-bin metadata) or a session assertion (x-mf-session-assertion metadata).
- **Idempotent:** no
- **Returns metadata structure version:** yes (in the mfiles-metadata-version-bin trailer)
- **Streaming:** none (unary)

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## Remarks

- Requires a vault session. Does not fail when sharing is disabled; check `sharing_enabled`.

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## Request: GetExternalSharingSettingsRequest

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## Response: GetExternalSharingSettingsResponse

> Nested message fields are expanded to depth 3; follow a type link for deeper levels and for the type's own page.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `allow_sharing_to_anyone_with_the_link` | `bool` | True if links may be opened by anyone who has them (read-only links and external links with anyone access). |
| `sharing_enabled` | `bool` | True if sharing is enabled on the server and in the vault. |
| `visitor_list_restricted` | `bool` | True if the caller sees only the visitors they added, not all visitors of a link. |