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GET request to /files/download fails with "The network connection was lost"
Hi, Our app uses Dropbox's HTTP API to upload and download files. Since a few days ago, some of our app's requests are failing with "The network connection was lost". This issue was first reported on May 2nd. Our app uses React Native. The failing request downloads files from Dropbox using a GET request to…
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How to correctly use the /files/list_folder/continue endpoint to retrieve the latest added files?
Hello So basically I am working on automation. However, I cannot figure out how to use the "cursor" correctly. My flow is simple. 1. A webhook is triggered by new files added to Dropbox. 2. Use POST /2/files/list_folder to list all files from a specific folder and obtain a cursor. 3. Use POST /2/files/list_folder/continue…
Dropbox .Net API UploadSessionStartAsync throwing httpclient timeout exception all of the sudden
Hello, Our app all of the sudden is getting the following exception when trying to call UploadSessionStartAsync like so: var result = await DropboxClientInstance.Files.UploadSessionStartAsync(body: memStream, uploadSessionStartArg:new UploadSessionStartArg()); Here is the exception: The request was canceled due to the…
Tagging Folder
I have manually added the tags to a folder. now I want to search the folders with the given tag. is there a way to get only folders not files? PS:- I am aware of 2/files/search_v2 API but I want to search folders from their tags not with the folder name
Access token is expiring every day? How can i fix it?
Hi im using an html simple Form where i ask users to upload their documentation. Everything seems the work fine but after 1 day i get an error. I generate anothe acces token and seems to work fine again, but then after 1 day it fails again. How can i get an access token that will not expired or stop working? // Subir…
Refresh Access Token
Hi I am integrating Salesforce To Dropbox for that i am creaitng a Auth provider and name credencial in salesfroce but getting error like The authentication provider didn't provide a refresh token. If the access token expires, your org won't be able to access this named credential. how i resolve this
team_info.read
How activate the business api team scope? I don't find any permission option for team scope .I only get individual scope option
Invalid "cursor" parameter: this cursor is for a different user.
I have run this API https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder and it gave me cursor value, to get more files. Then I used https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder/continue and and cursor value in body to get rest of files details however I get error: Error in call to API function "files/list_folder/continue":…
Transfer data between Dropbox and S3
Hi, I have a newbie question: * Is it possible to transfer data from S3 to Dropbox and vice versa, ideally programmatically in Python. It would be great, if possible, to achieve it without the need to download to a local machine and then sync/upload, as the files might be huge. * If it is doable, what is the best plan?…
Getting Duplicated Dropbox File ID from SDK(PHP Version)
Hello Forum! 👋 Nice to meet everyone in this awesome community. I’m developing a WordPress plugin that allows users to manage their Dropbox files directly from the WordPress dashboard. This plugin integrates the Dropbox SDK for PHP to provide seamless access to Dropbox’s file management features. Users can view, upload,…
Get the dropbox file link using php to a iframe in a view
Hello Guys, i would like to know how can i get the dropbox file link using php to a iframe in a view. Can you help me?
Python - sharing_share_folder() stopped working for creating top-level folder
Hi, I found that the sharing_share_folder() function stopped working for the Python package today. Every time I tried to share a folder, it would return an error as below. ApiError('9d657b716bcf471aa5bc5c43b18d0605', ShareFolderError('other', None)) Basically, I used this function to create a top-level folder in the team's…
Python Teams Download file
Hello, I'm using Dropbox teams to download a file from a team folder. The application was running fine but since the changes in the teams folders organization, it stopped working. I'm currently trying to download the file by using the following code: dbx_team = dropbox.DropboxTeam( oauth2_refresh_token=refresh_token,…
Api testing on postman To fetch sign-in events of all the users
can anyone help me fetch only Sign in events from the api
Using API and now it saves to assorted content folder?
Hi, I have been using the dropbox API to upload files. However why does it save to the Assorted Content folder now? I read about the file system migration, but I don't understand how to update back so it does not save the files to the Assorted Content folder. Any help? Thank you.
Error updating Preferred Name ( New First and Last name )
We got a requirement to update our Dropbox first and last name. Is it simply to to use info to update an existing user Dropbox first name and last name. Our wrote the code using json API but not as familiar with Python SDK. Any help is greatly appreciated I tried below but it doesnt update the data. user =…
What does exactly "/copy_reference/save" do?
Hello, I want to know if api endpoint "/copy_reference/save" creates a new file/folder from the reference passed to it...i mean if i delete the referenced file/folder does the copy get deleted too?
Python SDK that mimics json get_info
We got a requirement to update our Dropbox first and last name. Is it simply to to use info to update an existing user Dropbox first name and last name. Our wrote the code using json API but not as familiar with Python SDK. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Some APIs not working
https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder giving response "error_summary": "path/not_found/..", https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/team/members/list_v2 giving response "error_summary": "missing_scope/"even when correct scope is provided in app. https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/users/get_current_account giving…
Error 409 access denied in a Make scenario, even when all permissions are granted
I'm trying to run a Make scenario and run a module that gets the share link of a folder. I have all the supposed permissions, the third-party app is allowed, and I have an admin account so I granted every possible thing and it doesn't work. The Dropbox team is slow to answer. Has this happened to someone before? Is there…
team data.member permission implicitly checked team data.governance.write
I am configuring App client with Dropbox. In Permission tab, when i checked team data.member permission, it implicitly checked team data.governance.write. Is this bug ? I just want configure permission with ready-only access.
Dropbox Error: Invalid Access Token, Unable to get Temporary Upload and Download Links
Greetings, I have created a web app that allows users to upload and download their documents to Dropbox in the Apps/MY_APP_FOLDER directory. I have their refresh_token and can generate the access_token. While this access token allows access to user details, I am currently unable to generate a temporary upload and download…
How to define dropbox file paths in python for the API ???
I simply cannot get this script to provide the the correctly formatted file path to the dropbox API, I keep getting the error that the filepath doesn't exist. And I can't find a definitive answer on how the API needs to receive the path. Also, what is the difference in paths between a file in the personal user area, and a…
API "wrapped" property all of a sudden
Hi, I appreciate your service with all the great convenience especially API. This week I realized from my client's claims, that my App experiences errors from most of all accesses through Dropbox API. And I found that there is a major change in the output data: I see "wrapped" property under body object. I checked around…
Unable to fetch metadata of shared folder
Hi, after creating a shared folder via endpoint https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/create_folder_v2 a folder id in the form "id:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" is returned. When trying to fetch the metadata of this particular folder later on using the endpoint https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/get_folder_metadata and that very id, I…
How do I make the wget command work with a Dropbox file or folder?
Basically what it says in the title. I have some Google Colab (i.e., Python) code to analyze data (in a .csv file), but I need to access that data first. I would like to store data files in Dropbox because we have more storage to spare than in Google Drive. But the !wget command, which I would ordinarily use to get a file…
Error Occurred Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <.
We are using the API to connect to customer accounts and retrieve files waiting in Dropbox to be uploaded to a CRM system. We are getting an error when we are trying to get a list of items in a give folder. The error is "Error Occurred Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <." We have established this is…
Help with creating long-lived token
I'm quite new to using the API, but I was successful once and trying to follow the same steps with no luck. My issue is with trying to generate a long-lived token. I am creating my new app, and getting my "App Key" and "App Secret". I then generate an "Access Token". From there, I use this…
Get file content url from dropboxusercontent domain with javascript
Hello, I'm encountering a problem while trying to obtain the content URL of a file. Specifically, when I use a shared link to fetch a file, I receive a 302 response but i encounter CORS issues. This prevents me from following the redirect to obtain the file's content URL i guess. I don't face this issue when using curl or…

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