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What format should the "Path" be for Dropbox APIV2

b_diouf

I am trying to upload a file in a path using dropbox api however, using the api explorer via:

I am getting Error 400: for a wrong path I believe.

If I for example have a shared folder path via /Files/SharedPath/Uploads/.

What would be the proper path input to satisfy the example above?

Thanks,

b_diouf

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Jay

Hey there, I moved your thread to the API forum for our specialist to check it out!

Greg-DB

When uploading a file via API v2, the path generally should be the desired destination path for the file, relative to the app's root, using "/"s.

E.g., in your case, it sounds like you'd want to supply "/Files/SharedPath/Uploads/UPLOADME.txt", or whatever you want the name to be.

You can get the paths for existing items using the returned Metadata.path_lower value, e.g., as returned by /2/files/list_folder[/continue] or /2/files/get_metadata.

b_diouf

I've tried so for the path section i should place "/2/files/SharedPath/Uploads/"

I've tried it but it is not working. Maybe you can give me another example of how to enter "path" based on a "/" file example?

Thanks!

Greg-DB

You should not include "/2/" as part of the path value. That's just part of the API endpoint URL itself.

A valid path would be "/Files/SharedPath/Uploads/UPLOADME.txt" for instance, but it depends on what folders you have in your account of course. Here's an example of how you would upload a file name "resume.docx" to a folder named "Documents": "/Documents/resume.docx".

A good way to work this out is by listing the contents of the account using /2/files/list_folder[/continue] with an empty path to start with:

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/#files_list_folder
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/#files_list_folder/continue