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Api error "LookupError" for sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings

arch2020

Hi all,

I am new to dropbox api. My problem is whenver I try to create an app folder from the app console, the connection never works and I keep receiving an error regarding to the path, see below:

ApiError: ApiError('187007dde9fb433ea831afd60b273b83', CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsError('path', LookupError('not_found', None)))

I am fully aware that app folder can only access the files inside the the folder of the main app. Hence, I embedded the file I want to access inside the app folder in dropbox . I am using the following code:

import dropbox

dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(<app token>)

shared_link_metadata = dbx.sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings("/Apps/App_Name/example.xlsx")
print (shared_link_metadata.url)

Any ideas on how to overcome this issue?

Your help is much appreciated,

Thanks

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Здравко

Hi @arch2020,

Try transform the path from "/Apps/App_Name/example.xlsx" to "/example.xlsx". Is this helps? 🤔

Try to explain why. 😉

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Здравко

Hi @arch2020,

Try transform the path from "/Apps/App_Name/example.xlsx" to "/example.xlsx". Is this helps? 🤔

Try to explain why. 😉

arch2020

@Здравко

It worked like magic. Thanks, it seems that with app folder, there is no need for referencing the name of the app, as the default location of the app, will always be the name of the app folder. very grateful for your help, you saved me tons of tons and unnecessary hustle.

Здравко

@arch2020 wrote:

..., it seems that with app folder, there is no need for referencing the name of the app, as the default location of the app, will always be the name of the app folder. ...

🙂 Almost exactly! 👍

Actually, the app' folder forms a namespace that become a root folder for access from the application side. 😉

arch2020

thanks that really helped me alot to get past through my novice hardship .

Greg-DB

That's correct. You can also use files_list_folder and files_list_folder_continue to list the contents of any folder. For example, to list the contents of the root folder for your app, supply a path value of the empty string "". Then you can get the path values of any of the contents from the Metadata.path_lower value for the entry in the result.

arch2020

many thanks @Greg-DB your additional information was really helpful.