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Hello, I worked with your Dropbox Paper API and I have one question. Where I can get "doc_id" in endpoint "/docs/get_metadata"? I tried to find it and call the API method but in all cases, I get an error. Can you help me to find doc_id for my document?

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Greg-DB

Exactly how you interact with Paper docs via the API for any particular account will depend on what version of Paper that account is configured to use. Please refer to the Paper Migration Guide for information on the two versions and what endpoints you should use for each.

Once you've done so, if you're still having any trouble with the API, please let me know what version your account is using, and share the API request and response for the error you're getting so I can tell a look and help. Please be sure to redact your access token though.

dmytromaliuta

My request looks like:

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/paper/docs/get_metadata' \

--header 'Authorization: Bearer ***' \

--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \

--data-raw '{

"doc_id": "uaSvRuxvnkFa12PTkBv5q"

I checked your Paper Migration Guide but in this article no information about the endpoint that I use. I use this doc: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/paper-api-alpha

Can you check it and tell me where I can find doc_id for this endpoint?

Greg-DB

That endpoint is meant for use with legacy Paper docs (i.e., the old version, where Paper docs are not part of the Dropbox filesystem). If you are using legacy Paper docs, you can get the list of Paper doc IDs from /2/paper/docs/list and /2/paper/docs/list/continue.

(By the way, note that the alpha endpoint you linked to may change or disappear without notice, and will be retired with the rest of the legacy Paper API as well.)

dmytromaliuta

Thanks a lot! Now it works. But I have one more question. Do you have an endpoint that not legacy which retrieves metadata of paper doc? Can you share the link?

kylea

If a paper document is in the filesystem, it will return in API calls to files/list_folder. You may get its metadata by path or ID using files/get_metadata. Sharing metadata can be retrieved with sharing/get_file_metadata.

'Legacy' paper refers to those paper documents stored outside of the filesystem, retrieved with /paper API calls. Which mechanism a user defaults to can be found with features/get_values.