Issue during uploading the image file into the shared folder on dropbox.

M Arslan

I have a shared folder on dropbox account that someone has invited me and give me permission to edit this Folder. Now i want to upload some files by using Python on this folder. I have researched about it and found somehow this solution but i am still encountering the following error during the upload process:

API error: UploadError('path', UploadWriteFailed(reason=WriteError('no_write_permission', None), upload_session_id='pid_upload_session:ABIJK9H7KwTsO3NfedGt3Wv8aCWFwQTwR11SJjV4Yzl3SCg'))
Path error: WriteError('no_write_permission', None)

Below is the code I’m currently using. I would greatly appreciate any guidance or clarification on how to properly upload files to a shared folder under these circumstances, as I’m currently stuck at this point.

import dropbox

from dropbox.files import WriteMode

from dropbox.exceptions import ApiError, AuthError

import os

 

# Dropbox App Configuration

APP_KEY = 'API Key'

APP_SECRET = ''API Secret key"

REFRESH_TOKEN = '<REFRESH_TOKEN>'

 

# Shared Folder Configuration

SHARED_FOLDER_ID = '12381081779' # Use the ID we got from verification

LOCAL_FILE_PATH = '1.avif'

 

def upload_to_shared_folder():

try:

# Initialize Dropbox client

dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(

app_key=APP_KEY,

app_secret=APP_SECRET,

oauth2_refresh_token=REFRESH_TOKEN

)

 

# Construct proper Dropbox path using namespace syntax

file_name = os.path.basename(LOCAL_FILE_PATH)

dropbox_path = f'ns:{SHARED_FOLDER_ID}/{file_name}'

 

# Upload file with validated path

with open(LOCAL_FILE_PATH, 'rb') as f:

dbx.files_upload(

f.read(),

dropbox_path,

mode=WriteMode('overwrite'),

autorename=True

)

 

print(f"Successfully uploaded to shared folder: {dropbox_path}")

 

except AuthError as e:

print(f"Authentication failed: {e}")

except ApiError as e:

print(f"API error: {e.error}")

if e.error.is_path():

print(f"Path error: {e.error.get_path().reason}")

except Exception as e:

print(f"Unexpected error: {e}")

 

if __name__ == '__main__':

upload_to_shared_folder()

DB-Des

Hi @M Arslan,

Just to clarify, by default, API calls to the Dropbox API operate in the "member folder" of the connected account, not the "team space".

You can configure API calls to operate in the "team space" instead though, in order to interact with files/folders in the team space. To do so, you'll need to set the "Dropbox-API-Path-Root" header. You can find information on how to use this in the Team Files Guide.

Based on the information provided, folder 12381081779 is a team folder, which means you will need to set the "Dropbox-API-Path-Root" header in order to upload files to folder/namespace 12381081779.

Also, just as FYI, your code snippet contained a refresh token value which was removed for your security. We would highly recommend regenerating that refresh token though.