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create a folder that will be shared and add a member to it

iam using the code below in a java desktop application, in order to create a folder in a dropbox account that i want to be shared, and i am trying to add another member by his email address, but iam getting:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.dropbox.core.json.JsonWriter.writeFields(Ljava/lang/Object;Lcom/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonGenerator;)V
at com.dropbox.core.v2.DbxFiles$CreateFolderArg$1.write(DbxFiles.java:5337)
at com.dropbox.core.v2.DbxFiles$CreateFolderArg$1.write(DbxFiles.java:5332)
at com.dropbox.core.json.JsonWriter.writeToStream(JsonWriter.java:23)
at com.dropbox.core.json.JsonWriter.writeToStream(JsonWriter.java:33)
at com.dropbox.core.v2.DbxRawClientV2.rpcStyle(DbxRawClientV2.java:82)
at com.dropbox.core.v2.DbxFiles.createFolder(DbxFiles.java:8459)
at com.dropbox.core.v2.DbxFiles.createFolder(DbxFiles.java:8479)

my code is the following:

DbxRequestConfig dbxRequestConfig = new DbxRequestConfig("test/1.0", Locale.getDefault().toString());
DbxClientV2 dbxClient = new DbxClientV2(dbxRequestConfig, my_access_token);

FolderMetadata md = dbxClient.files.createFolder("/test");

ArrayList<AddMember> list = new ArrayList();
DbxSharing.AddMember a1 = new DbxSharing.AddMember(DbxSharing.MemberSelector.email("xxxxxx@gmail.com"),DbxSharing.AccessLevel.editor);

list.add(a1);
dbxClient.sharing.addFolderMember(md.parentSharedFolderId, list);

i have already search for any solution to create a shared folder and add a member to it, but iam not finding anything useful to my case.

Could anyone tell me what iam doing wrong??please help me ASAP.

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Greg-DB

[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34300511/create-a-shared-folder-in-dropbox-with-dropbox-core-sdk-2-0-beta-4-and-then-add ]

I can't seem to reproduce that error. What version of the SDK do you have and how are you building/running this?

thanasis k.

iam using the dropbox-core-sdk-2.0-beta-4.jar

thanasis k.

my code hits at the line:

FolderMetadata md = dbxClient.files.createFolder("/test");

Greg-DB

How are you building and running? Are you using Maven as recommended in the installation instructions?

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/java#installf

thanasis k.

iam not using MAVEN,

my code runs inside a java desktop application on which i have include the external libraries:

dropbox-core-sdk-2.0-beta-4.jar

and

jackson-core-2.6.1.jar

as it is described in https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java:

If you aren't using Maven, here are the JARs you need:

Dropbox Core SDK 2.0-beta-4
Jackson Core 2.6.1 (JSON parser)

Greg-DB

How did you add the jars exactly? E.g., are you using using an IDE like Eclipse, and if so, what steps did you use to add them?

thanasis k.

iam using NetBeans IDE, and the two jars added into my project at the "libraries" folder of it, by following the steps below:

project properties -> Libraries -> Add jar/Folder ->

and then i have selected the two jars files to include

Greg-DB

Thanks for the information! I just tried that though, and it worked fine for me. Can you try removing and re-adding the libraries? Also, can you check that you don't have any other/old versions of these jars added?

Here's my test project. Try pasting in an access token and see if it works for you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n4i9fx679ejcc1r/test_204631946.zip?dl=1

thanasis k.

thank you a lot Gregory for your support. Now it works for me too. I remove and re-add the libraries, and also i have build the project again, and now it works fine.

Now, iam having problem in the part of the code that adds the member to the folder.

ArrayList<AddMember> list = new ArrayList();
DbxSharing.AddMember a1 = new DbxSharing.AddMember(DbxSharing.MemberSelector.email("xxxxxx@gmail.com"),DbxSharing.AccessLevel.editor);

list.add(a1);
dbxClient.sharing.addFolderMember(md.parentSharedFolderId, list);

i have try to use also md.id, but iam taking an error like that:

com.dropbox.core.v2.DbxSharing$AddFolderMemberException: Exception in add_folder_member: AddFolderMemberError.{".tag":"access_error","access_error":{".tag":"invalid_id"}}

thanasis k.

i gave the final solution to my problem. My working code is:

ArrayList<DbxSharing.AddMember> list = new ArrayList<DbxSharing.AddMember>();
DbxSharing.AddMember a1 = new DbxSharing.AddMember(DbxSharing.MemberSelector.email("xxxxx@gmail.com"), DbxSharing.AccessLevel.editor);

list.add(a1);
ShareFolderLaunch l = dbxClient.sharing.shareFolder("/test");
SharedFolderMetadata md2 = l.getComplete();

dbxClient.sharing.addFolderMember(md2.sharedFolderId,list);

Suryakant D.

What if I want to add a member to already shared folder??

Greg-DB

Suryakant, you can use the addFolderMember method to add members to already shared folders.

Suryakant D.

@Gregory. Thanks for your reply. Actually I have shared the folder. Added a member to it. Now I want to get and accept the invitation request programtically

Greg-DB

You can use the mountFolder method to mount the shared folder in the invited user's account, as long as that user has authorized the app on their account as well.