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Need help managing photos with DropBox

Hello Dropbox!
I am trying to set up an automated workflow via zapier for our company juniqe.com:

i need to invite new folder members as editors via their email, am am trying to do so via a webhook POST to the endpoint:

https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/add_folder_member

with the following data:

"{\"shared_folder_id\": \"{{folderid123456}}\",\"members\": [{\"member\": {\".tag\": \"email\",\"email\": \"{{memberemail123456}}\"},\"access_level\": \"editor\"}],\"quiet\": false,\"custom_message\": \"Here's your share folder!\"}"

this always returns: api.dropboxapi.com returned (400) Bad Request and said nothing

I can authenticate correctly and it recognizes the end point, i am sure the error is in the syntax somewhere

I'd really appreciate it if you could assist me and point me in the right direction - i am not a coder and am just taking a crack at something our product team hasn't had time for...

Have a good day, cheers from berlin!
Martin

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Greg-DB

If you know the path or ID for the folder, and the folder is already a shared folder, you can get the shared folder ID by calling /2/files/get_metadata. The shared folder ID will be in the result at folder.sharing_info.shared_folder_id. Using /2/sharing/list_folders[/continue] on the folder's parent also works.

Note that creating a shared link for a folder does not make it a "shared folder". These actually refer to two different types of sharing on Dropbox: "shared links" and "shared folders". Folders will only receive shared folder IDs for the second type of sharing, "shared folders".

It sounds like you may have used /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings to make a shared link for the folder. To share the folder in order to get a shared folder ID, you should use /2/sharing/share_folder.

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Greg-DB

Can you print the response body? It should contain a more useful error message. (The output here is just the status line.)

chirstius

Hello @martinjuniqe,

Can you confirm if you are setting this up via the Zapier web interface or doing it programmatically?

I was able to test via the web UI and this endpoint can definitely be called from a webhook. If you are configuring it from the web UI I can walk you through how I setup a test request to hit the endpoint. If it's a programmatic call it would be useful to see the code you are using around this call to help identify any issues.

Thanks,

-Chuck

martinjuniqe

Hey Chuck @chirstius
Yes, it's being done via the web interface, not programmatically.

Could you maybe sshare the code that you used to test? Like i said, i am not a coder (my job here actually is art curator, don't ask my why i am doing what i am doing lol), so any copy&pastable examples would be great, i am sure i am just messing up the syntax.

Thanks a ton!

chirstius

@martinjuniqe,

Sorry for the delayed response, here are the steps I took:

First, configure whatever trigger you plan to use for the zap.

Next, when you configure an action, select "webhook" and choose "Custom Request" and configure it as follows:

NOTE - This assumes you are using a Team-linked access token with the member file access permission. If you are using a user-linked access token you can remove the 'Dropbox-API-Select-User' header. If you don't know how to get the <owner_memebr_id> placeholder value you can use the endpoint:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams#team-members-get_info

Which can quickly be accessed from the API Explorer here:

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/team/#team_members/get_info

Use the email of an account that has permission to add members to the folder and from the results get their team_member_id which will look like 'dbmid:abcdef12345' and use that for the 'Dropbox-API-Select-User' header value.

Fill in all other placeholder values as appropriate from previous Zapier steps/data and hopefully this will get you moving in the right direction.

-Chuck

martinjuniqe

Hey Chuck!
I am trying to follow your example but am receiving the following error code

We had trouble sending your test through. Please try again. Error:
api.dropboxapi.com returned (400) Bad Request and said "Error in call to API function "sharing/add_folder_member": Unexpected select user header. Your app does not have permission to use this feature

i am pasting my request below, is this something to do with the user i am authenticating as?

Greg-DB

It sounds like you're not using a "team-linked" app (i.e., an app registered for the "Dropbox Business API"). The Dropbox-API-Select-User header is only meant for team-linked apps. Since you're using a "user-linked" app (i.e., an app registered for the "Dropbox API"), you should remove the Dropbox-API-Select-User header.

martinjuniqe

Hi Greg, I tried your suggestion and removed the header, now resulting in the following error again:

api.dropboxapi.com returned (400) Bad Request and said nothing

Is there a way to find out if we're using a team or user linked account?

It seems like I am hitting a wall with this, and it (seems) to be so dirt simple!

Your help is really appreciated. I just think i might need a little more of it!

martinjuniqe

Hi Greg, I tried your suggestion and removed the header, now resulting in the following error again:

api.dropboxapi.com returned (400) Bad Request and said nothing

Is there a way to find out if we're using a team or user linked account?

It seems like I am hitting a wall with this, and it (seems) to be so dirt simple!

Your help is really appreciated. I just think i might need a little more of it!

Greg-DB

@martinjuniqe Is that the actual/full output you get? There should be more useful information in the response body for that 400 error (not "nothing").

You can check your app type(s) on the App Console. Any apps with the "Full Dropbox" or "App folder" permissions are "user-linked". Any apps with a "Team" permission are "team-linked".

martinjuniqe

Hi @Greg-DB and @chirstius

just wanted to follow up on this again, since i've still not gotten it to work. You were right, my app is 'user-linked' so the header Select-User has since been removed...

I understand that you @chirstius set this up via the zapier web interface, but i am really not seeing where i went off script compared to you

martinjuniqe

my error message still is cryptic and somewhat unspecific

The app returned "Invalid shared folder ID.". This usually happens because the information you were trying to update or use is already in use or being updated somewhere else. Please try again once it becomes available.

Please any help would really be appreciated here, the folder id is definitely valid and has just been created a few minutes ago, i am sure the issue is somewhere in the syntax only

Greg-DB

@martinjuniqe That error should just indicate that the 'shared_folder_id' value you supplied in the API call isn't a valid shared folder ID.

Can you double check what's getting sent? Shared folder IDs are just integers, e.g., '12345678'; they are not the same as normal file/folder IDs (which look like 'id:A12bC3-d4E5f6').

You can get the shared folder ID from a number of places on the API, such as /2/files/list_folder[/continue] in FolderMetadata.sharing_info.shared_folder_id, or /2/sharing/list_folders[/continue] or /2/sharing/check_share_job_status in SharedFolderMetadata.shared_folder_id.

martinjuniqe

gotcha. please just dumb it down for me a nod - so i need to first run a get request to find out the shared folder id to call the webhook i'm trying to call. I have an earlier step in the automatization sharing said folder, but this does not return the shared folder id, but only a share link.

the dropbox contains hundreds of folders, is there a simple way to get to the sharedfolderid of the folder by it's regular id or share link?

martinjuniqe

OK so i can could https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/share_folder as well and get a response including the shared folder id, this seems to work.

but when trying to call the endpoint https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/add_folder_member afterwards, i am receiving another error Screen Shot 2018-10-05 at 17.11.34.png

Greg-DB

martinjuniqe

thanks, this now works - really appreciate your help!

i guess i did only create a shared link previously, and calling the share_folder endpoint really was what i needed to get to the right id, the next error was caused by something within Zapier i guess, i couldn't reproduce it after trying to run the whole process with an entirely fresh folder, sharing worked like a charm.

thanks guys!