Upload a file to a shared folder using the REST API

craibuc

I'm attempting to upload a file to a shared (team) folder in Dropbox. 

 

\ (hidden root)

  \[My Personal Folder]

  \My Company Team Folder

    \Activities

        \2024-04-11

           File A

           File B

 

I want to add files to \My Company Team Folder\Activities\2024-04-11.

 

This is the code (PowerShell):

 

$AccessToken = 'XXXXX'

$TeamMemberId = '123456' # an administrator

$InFile = ~/Desktop/SomeFile.pdf

$Destination = '/Activities/2024-04-11/SomeFile.pdf'

 

$Headers = {

Authorization = 'Bearer {0}' -f $AccessToken

'Dropbox-API-Select-User' = $TeamMemberId

'Dropbox-API-Path-Root' = {

'.tag'='root'

root=$RootFolderId 

} | ConvertTo-Json -Compress

'Dropbox-API-Arg' = {

path=$Destination

mode="add"

autorename=$true

mute=$false

} | ConvertTo-Json -Compress

}

 

$Response = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Post -Uri 'https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload' -Headers $Headers -ContentType 'application/octet-stream' -InFile $InFile

 

When I run the script, I get an error that reads "path/no_write_permission/".

iNeil

Hello @craibuc,

Based on the error message 'path/no_write_permission/', this indicates that you don’t have write permissions to the folder to upload the file. For example, you don’t have write permission to the folder /Activities/2024-04-11. Please double-check if you have editor permission on the folder.

If you are still having difficulty, could you provide the values for the $TeamMemberId and $RootFolderId? Alternatively, you can open an API ticket using the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/contact