API

Clients Submit Files Via Dropbox
I have an opportunity to have clients submit large files. Instead of a form post in a browser, it would be nice to maintain a shared folder for each client. I'd use my API to deal with the files and place error files or some kind of log within each client's folder. Is Dropbox made for this sort of thing? With the API I…
How do I get unique listing of all folders on a Dropbox Business account.
I have gone through this thread and it is really helpful, but I have a few doubts which I would like to clear. I want to get the list of all files and folders on a given Dropbox account and segregate by their type. For example, team folder structure will be saved to a local DB table called team_folders and similarly users'…
web hook handling
hi , when a chnage happend i recived a notification. at first as i know i need to return 200 to verify the notification recived. then when i make a nother change i am calling var res22 = client.AsMember(null).Files.ListFolderAsync(""); and get the cursor and then calling to var res =…
Why are we enforced to use `is_*` methods of tagged union
I am trying to list all members in a column/row format. For example, column1=email, column2=status I can add email to the column1 row just fine, but I cannot access the status tag. I am enforced to call each is_* methods until I get a True response and then figure which is_* method returned True and the corresponding tag…
Downloading password protected files programatically
Is there a practical way to programatically download password protected file without setting up an account and an app? It is easy to do in the browser, but API seems to require Authorization even though user should not be relevant.
Export all files/folders on a given dropbox.com account to CSV
I am working on a CLI app that will use a team admin token to export the entire data structure (including team folders, shared folders and members' personal folders) on a given dropbox.com account. I am using Python SDK and getting duplicated entries. That is, when I list team folders, I get the list of all team folders,…
Paper API - video not showing
I am able to create new paper documents using the api, however when I post markdown - nothing I try is able to include video's in the post - instead I get just the text and a link to the video - no video showing. I try sending the same markdown as is exported and it still does not work - for instance neither of these forms…
File download using v2 in PHP
Hello, Am trying to download file from dropbox using dropbox api-PHP. I have a sharelink generated using dropbox api $dropbox->postToAPI is "https://www.dropbox.com/s/bs69w68dwoiiu2q/img0007cade2gtw.jpg?raw=1". Am not able to download file from dropbox using $dropbox->download(url);
Is it possible to create a shared app using API?
I am trying to create a project monitoring system that multiple people can access and edit using an API in Dropbox. I've been able to create the app, but it's in my personal Dropbox folder and not somewhere that my team can access it. I tried sharing the folder with my team, but it will only let me share with a link, which…
Data transport limit reference page for 25k API call limit hidden? (intentional?)
Hello I found this useful guide in google recently: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/data-transport-limit It would have really clarified some things when I was working on our app earlier before but its really hard to find. Super odd this guide doesn't appear on the API developer website links. It only appears…
Upload SQLite Not a Database
I have been able to get the Dropbox SDK working for objective C. The problem I am running into is that when I upload my backup of a SQLite database it is no longer being recognized as a DB. After some searching it seems that the issue may be that upon upload the DB may be in use. Any assistance on how to ensure it is not…
File request emails to users when creating the file request
Hi, I was looking over the API documentation for file requests but I don't see any parameters to have Dropbox automatically send notices to people about that file requests like you can if you make the file requests on the website. Is it possible to do that through the API? Thanks.
Got error message from Dropbox when Downloading the rar files
Got the following error message from Dropbox when Downloading the rar files: {"error_summary": "path/restricted_content/.", "error": {".tag": "path", "path": {".tag": "restricted_content"}}}
Need Api for upload and download using Asp.net application
Hi, This is gopi i need API for upload and download using Asp.net application , kindly give the solution.
Simple c# example to create a folder in dropbox from a console application
Hi, I am new to the API and trying to understand how to create a basic connection to dropbox to create a folder and then save some files into this folder. I have created an App as this will only need to create folders/files in a specific location. Does anyone have a simple example of this without needing to redirect to a…
download file API JS
Hi there, I am developing a thiny web client for Dropbox using the Javascript API. What I want to have is the basic functionality (upload, download, and delete files) from an account. I am having trouble with the downloadFile function which I don't really understand and doesn't work as I expected. I have to say that I am…
Download not able to find file when exists
Building an app using xcode and objective c. I have been able to successfully get my backup sqlite file to upload but when attempting to use a download I am getting an error saying the file could not be opened because there is no such file. Am I missing something in the directory? I have tried all combinations including…
Android SDK auth access token malformed when Access Token use in Dropbox JS SDK
Recently I have included Dropbox in my ionic 1 android application through Dropbox JavaScript SDK for user data backup. I have used inAppBrowser for the authentication process. Everything is working perfectly and 100+ user already using this feature. After 100+ user I have applied for production request but it's declined…
Not display dropbox authentication screen from Mobile app
We have a mobile app that's used by multiple organizations. a feature on the mobile app requires users to upload images to their Dropbox account, all organization have their own Dropbox account. To make an upload API call to i will need an access token and to get 1 I will be redirected to Dropbox login screen correct? Do I…
Getting notification when a file is uploaded by an api app to my dropbox account
we have a use case where we are uploading files from our app to dropbox using dropbox v2 api. The file gets successfully uploaded but we dont see any notification in the notification bar of dropbox web ,stating like "file abc has been addded". How can we acheive this ?
Getting all files in a team drive
Hi, I would like to get all of the files in a Team Drive. So far I have this - admin_member_id = self.get_admin_account_access_token().admin_profile.team_member_id headers = {} headers["Authorization"] = token headers["Dropbox-API-Select-User"] = admin_member_id headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json" url =…
list_folder returns 504
list_folder with recurcive=true returns 504 Internal server error ; How it can be? We have only 8k files there ... And how can we solve it? Limit does not help, list each sub-folder is also a bad solution for our app. thanks for any help
Create a shared folder with multiple paths
How to create a shared folder with different paths? I have selected 3 or 4 dir (or files) inside e directory with tons of contents, how to download only selected files with api? is there a way to do that? best
Getting error using dropbox apis with "Dropbox-Api-Path-Root" header
Hi I am getting following error while calling dropbox v2 APIs with "Dropbox-Api-Path-Root " header {“.tag”: “namespace_id”, “namespace_id”: “2132332"} "Failed to execute 'setRequestHeader' on 'XMLHttpRequest': Value is not a valid ByteString." Earlier it was working fine. Is there any recent change done due to which it is…
SwiftyDropbox with Alamofire issue
I have Alamofire ~>4.7 setting in pod file and when adding line 'pod SwiftyDropbox', there is an issue I see when I run pod update: Analyzing dependencies [!] CocoaPods could not find compatible versions for pod "Alamofire": In Podfile: Alamofire (~> 4.7) SwiftyDropbox was resolved to 2.0.1, which depends on Alamofire (~>…
SwiftyDropbox compatibility with Swift 4.2
I've read some complaints that SwiftyDropbox is not yet compatible with Swift 4.2. I would like to confirm whether this is correct or if it is safe to go ahead. Thanks.
How to allow API from wordpress plugin: This app is unable to link additional users because it has b
Hello, I am trying to connect a Wordpress plugin ("Send Files") with my Dropbox account but when I try it, I get this message: "This app is unable to link additional users because it has been pending pending review". In one of the support threads I read that it is because I have to apply to production .. is that so?…
How to check if filezip is too big to download in shared link
Hi allo, with JS api i have create a function that use sharingCreateSharedLink for create a shared link and redirect user with ?dl=1 fro download it. But if zip is too big the user exit from my app and go on dropbox with 500 error. How to check id shared folder is too big to download and prevent redirect? is there any api…
shared folder API quiet mode
I'm currently using python Dropbox API to share a folder with another user without notifying them. I use the function sharing_add_folder_member with the parameter quiet = True. The code ran without an error and my Dropbox account shows the folder is shared with another user. On the other hand at another user account, the…
How to select dropbox root/home folder from chooser?
Hi How to select dropbox root/home folder from chooser? Let say i have to save some file to home. For doing this i am selecting a location for the destination folder. Currently I am getting error "User root folder cant be choosen".

API

Discussion List