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How to track nested files when folder is deleted?
Hi, We're building an integration that tracks file changes across a Dropbox Business team using the team_log/get_events API. When a user deletes a folder, we receive a single file_delete event with assets[0][".tag"] = "folder", no individual events are generated for the files that were inside that folder. Our problem: We…
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Dropbox MCP server tool schema incompatible with Anthropic/Claude strict tool validation
Hi Dropbox team,I’m using the official Dropbox MCP endpoint with Claude Cowork:https://mcp.dropbox.com/mcpThe OAuth connection works correctly. Claude can authenticate and the WhoAmI/account check succeeds.However, Dropbox file/folder operations fail with this error:API Error: 400{"type": "error","error": {"type":…
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Multiple Signers: Both Embedded + Non-Embedded workflows?
Hello. Is it possible to create a multi-signer signature request where: * Signer 1 uses the "embedded" signature flow * Signer 2 uses the "non-embedded" signature flow I've gone through both the "embedded" and "non-embedded" workflows (in API docs) separately, but I'm unclear how I could combine these two flows for a…
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Get comments / discussion for a file via API?
Hi, is there a way to get the comments (as appears on the right side panel of the web UI) for a file via the API? I have searched the methods list for logical names related to that function and also tried `filesGetMetadata`, but no luck so far. Thanks
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iOS File Provider: Never getting file updates
In my iOS app, I am using UIDocumentPickerViewController to pick a file from a Dropbox file provider. I am using startAccessingSecurityScopedResource on the url I receive and register an NSFilePresenter for this url to get change notifications. When I read the contents of the file, I am using file coordination. Reading the…
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Rest API: naming conventions for new file request
Hello, We are using dropbox API to create file upload requests: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/file_requests/create And the problem is - how to stop dropbox from renaming uploaded files? Is there any option to do this via rest api? Another possible solution may be to be able to set this somehow globally for all new file…
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files/get_thumbnail_batch suddenly returning 404 since today (was working fine yesterday)
Hello, I am using the Dropbox API get_thumbnail_batch over HTTP: However, starting today, it has suddenly begun returning a 404 error. It was working without any issues until yesterday. When I run: curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_thumbnail_batch \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <get access token>"…
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Able to get only Admin role only in /team/members/list_v2
In the Admin Console UI, users are shown with a role such as Member or various admin roles (e.g., Team Admin, User Management Admin, etc.). However, in the API response, I observe that: Admin users have entries in the roles field Non-admin users return: [] From this, I understand that an empty roles array implies the user…
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Team Linked Apps not discoverable
Hi team, I’m working with the Dropbox Business APIs and had a question regarding team-linked applications. In the Admin Console under: Settings → Team apps I can see applications that have been authorized at the team level (for example, scoped apps authorized by a team admin). However, when I try to retrieve linked apps…
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Uncaught TypeError: U is not a function
After loading https://www.dropbox.com/static/api/2/dropins.js, I see an error "Uncaught TypeError: U is not a function". For example, here https://codepen.io/kjohnson/pen/qnlkz Does anyone have the same problem?