Automatically add users to folder

mbanton

Hello,

 

I just wondered if there is any way to automatically add an email address / user access to a share folder? 

 

When a user submits a request on my website I wanted to automatically grant them permission to a Dropbox folder. 

 

I dont really want to use a share link and password as they could easily give that to someone else. I would prefer access to be tied to their Dropbox account. 

 

Many thanks, 

Matt

Greg-DB

Yes, you can invite members to shared folders programmatically using /2/sharing/add_folder_member:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-add_folder_member

Note that this does not automatically add the shared folder to their accounts though. They would need to accept the invitation first. Or, if you have them authorize your app to access their accounts as well, you can also automate that step using /2/sharing/mount_folder:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-mount_folder

Those are links to the documentation for the HTTPS endpoints themselves, but we recommend using one of the official SDKs if possible:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation

Those have corresponding native methods for the HTTPS endpoints.