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Get comments / discussion for a file via API?

Hi, is there a way to get the comments (as appears on the right side panel of the web UI) for a file via the API? I have searched the methods list for logical names related to that function and also tried `filesGetMetadata`, but no luck so far. Thanks

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Greg-DB

No, unfortunately the Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to access file comments, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.

brad-robinson

It's been 4 years ... any update on this?

I need to export comments on 8,000+ photos in Dropbox. How do I do this?

I found some sample code using the endpoint `/2/comments2/list_comments` but it gives this error:

```

Error in call to API function "comments2/list_comments": Your app is not permitted to access this endpoint because it does not have the required scope 'private:comments.read'. The owner of the app can enable the scope for the app using the Permissions tab on the App Console.

```

Checking the Permissions page for my app, I can't see that permission listed anywhere.

Sounds like there's an API for this, just can't figure out how to access it, nor can I find any documentation.

Please help.

Greg-DB

@brad-robinson No, unfortunately I don't have any update to share on this. The endpoint you mentioned is internal and not part of the public API and so is not available to third party apps.

brad-robinson

So how do you suggest I export comments from 8,000 files?

Most of the comments I received a notification - is there an API I can use to get notifications sent to me? I don't mean file change notifications, I mean the notifications shown here:

Greg-DB

@brad-robinson Unfortunately the Dropbox API doesn't offer a way for third party apps to export comments or notifications like this, but I've sent these along as feature requests. I can't promise if/when this might be offered though. Apologies I don't have better news to offer!

brad-robinson

ok thanks.

In the meantime, I think I have most of the comments in email notifications so I'll hopefully be able to scrape them from there. What a mess.

For the record, I've just told collaborators on three projects to stop using Dropbox for commenting and we'll be switching to something else. Without a way to export those comments for additional tracking/archiving Dropbox is completely useless to us.

Keeping user data locked up like this is not cool.

Greg-DB

Thanks for the feedback! I'll pass this along to the team.