Team admin has no permission to delete_v2 files

Question

For some reason, I am unable to find a way to delete files in a shared folder (team, business account). Sample request and response:

curl -s -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/delete_v2 \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer whatever' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --header 'Dropbox-API-Path-Root: {".tag": "namespace_id", "namespace_id": "123456789"}' \
    --data '{"path":"/whatever"}' \
    --header "Dropbox-API-Select-Admin: dbmid:whatever"
{
  "error_summary": "no_permission/",
  "error": {
    ".tag": "no_permission"
  }
}

The credentials are valid for the app (generated in the app console), and the admin account is a team admin (got the dbmid from the team member list API endpoint).

Any idea?

Greg-DB · Accepted Answer

It looks like you may be attempting to use the "Dropbox-API-Select-Admin" header to delete something from a shared folder in a member's private folder. The /2/files/delete_v2 endpoint only supports the "Team Admin" mode for Dropbox-API-Select-Admin though, meaning it "can access content of team folders but not team member's private files.".

Instead, you should use the "Dropbox-API-Select-User" header and supply the member ID of one of the members of the shared folder.