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Recent Error - Downloading files
We just started getting a bunch of these in the last 24 hrs. We have not changed our code in this regard. I'm curious what this means. com.foreflight.ForeFlightException: com.dropbox.core.v2.files.DownloadErrorException: Exception in download: {".tag":"path","path":"not_found"}
Uploading to team folders seemingly unsupported
API : python We have a paid business account. There are folders that are at the root of our business account that are shared with everyone on our team. We would like to be able to upload files, using the API, to these team folders. However, I can't figure out how to view this root business directory or upload a file to it.…
Issue with Dropbox js API?
I have this test folder in Dropbox called 'googleApp', I'm using the filesListFolder to list the files. Without modifying the folder names or content the 'path_display' makes 'googleApp' lowercase causing my application to render two folders 'googleApp' and 'googleapp'.
Choose file from chooser and share it with specific people (email id) with view only permission
Hello, I want to achieve a solution for a specific condition. I want to integrate chooser API so that users can choose specific files and then internally through programming I need to share it with specific people (with their dropbox email id) and giving them view only permission and not giving them download permission.…
set sharing policy as disabled
Hi, I am using following API docs/sharing_policy/set to set public sharing policy via api explorer all of the public shairn policies work fine except disabled curl -X POST…
HELP :(
{"Value should match pattern '\\A(?:(/(.|[\\r\\n])*|id:.*)|(rev:[0-9a-f]{9,})|(ns:[0-9]+(/.*)?))\\z'\r\nParameter name: path"}
ObjectiveDropboxOfficial & SwiftyDropbox in same application
I have a third-party objc package that uses ObjectiveDropboxOfficial. I need to add some swift code that interacts with that package. The swift code would need to interact with the same dropbox manager that the objc (through ObjectiveDropboxOfficial) is using. Can I install both ObjectiveDropboxOfficial & SwiftyDropbox in…
No puedo compartir carpeta de aplicación
Saludos, La presente es para solicitar ayuda para compartir la carpeta de una aplicación que cambió de propietario anteriormente. El traslado de propietario se hizo sin ningún problema pero la carpeta donde se guardan los archivos de la aplicación, todavía aparece en mi cuenta. Cuando le doy click en la opción compartir,…
dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload response object missing the item `.tag` key/value
I'm saving a text file in "overwrite" mode, but the response object I get back for the item is missing it's `.tag` property (here, it should be file). Example (bits copied from chrome dev console) Request URL: `https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload` Dropbox-API-Arg:…
Linked files not retrieved with list_shared_links while files exists in dbx and appears as linked
Hi all! Out of contest, i'm on the way to release a new wordpress plugin on wp repo, with a custom chooser (that i maybe will publish on github also, because the chooser is a standalone js piece of code/page, that i use iframed into this plugin). The custom chooser, upload files with progress bars and can be extended with…
https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/share_folder return "No permission"
Hi, Since 2 days approximatively all calls API Share Folder return an error "No permission". I have an application which create folder on a Team Folder and share it with a group. Since last Friday, I have an error 'No permission' on each try. I reproduced this issue on API Explorer. If I create a folder in my Dropbox and I…
Dropbox API Explorer For - Search
I am using Dropbox API Explorer - Search API to Search for files and its content with mode as "filename_and_content". Does it support Regular Expression in Query to Search using mode as "filename_and_content". Because when I am using the substring (say IP Address) it gives the correct result about all the listed files but…
Dropbox API to download All Content
Hi there, I am trying to fetch all content within a certain directory and display its content. The way it's set up now, it can fetch all files, but not directories within this directory. dbx .filesListFolder({path: '/App'}) .then(response => { for (let i = 0; i < response.entries.length; i++) { dbx .filesDownload({path:…
I Need to Upload a Local File to DropBox Account in C#
I Need to Upload a Local File to DropBox Account in C#
Dropbox API question
Hi, I have a .Net application running on client's machines and would like to add some functionality to the application that would enable uploading of files from the client side. 1) Through my application (linked to the API) can I create a shared folder (client specific) on the client's machine and then choose files to be…
What kind of Stupid API you have created?
What kind of effing numb nuts have given you API structure idea? You guys support OAuth bu there is no seperate API generation option for the same. And once someone generates he/she has to install your effing drop box distribute it to 5 people before enable a **bleep** OAuth login? And why the heck I need to create folders…
Get all starred files and commented text
I am writing an API which will get all my files from the dropbox. Is there any way to get only the starred files from dropbox using any API endpoint. Could you also let me know,whether we can get the comments for a particular file using any API endpoint.
Dropbox Daemon
I want to be able to install the daemon on several servers without going through the authentication process by clicking a link then accepting authorization. Is there a way I can capture an access token that can be re-used by several machines to avoid authenticating each time?
How to download files from a publicly shared folder?
We developed an app using an endpoint from v1 /1/metadat/link (to list all from a shared link). I couldn't find any endpoint from v2 having same functionality. My app has a simple a functionality, given a shared link it should download all the files from this shared link. Any help would be appreciated.
get email addresses of members of your shared_folders
According to documentation, you can get a list of members on a shared folder with https://api.dropbox.com/1/shared_folders/<id> and the response will contain: "members": [ { "user": { "uid": 87654321, "display_name": "Jane P. User", "same_team": true, "member_id": "dbmid:abcd1234" }, "role": "owner", "active": true }, ...…
c# media gallery from dropbox
Hi, I am developing a web application in C # which is integrated with a dropbox repository. My goal is to make a multimedia gallery populated with the dropbox files. At this stage I already have all the integration with the dropbox. I can connect, authorize the user and access the files using api v2. What I need is an…
Web-hook handling logic help
Hello Greg, I need some help with using Web-hooks. I use the following code to get a cursor token for the Root folder Code I: result = await client.Files.ListFolderGetLatestCursorAsync("",true); and I save result.cursor in database. Next time a web-hook arrives for the same dropbox account, I use the result.cursor…
Error in call to API function "files/list_folder/continue": Invalid "cursor" parameter:
Hello, Please let me know the reason for the error. I am getting the following exception when calling the following api: ListFolderResult result = await client.Files.ListFolderContinueAsync(model.basechangetoken); Error in call to API function "files/list_folder/continue": Invalid "cursor" parameter:…
setting permissions for a shared folder
Hi, 1) I have a shared folder where initially i have set viewer permission for the members of the shared folder. Is it possible to change that to editor permission? 2) who can set or change permissions to a shared folder ? Are the members of the shared folders allowed to change permissions? 3) Is there any API to get the…
Freezing on Upload by API
Hello, I am trying to upload big file with the Dropbox API, I am using the code from this example https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/blob/master/examples/upload-file/src/main/java/com/dropbox/core/examples/upload_file/Main.java (Edit) (I have try to upload 16MB and 200MB) it freeze at the 122 line of the example…
Mounting shared folder after adding new members
I am currently developing an app with the Dropbox (HTTP) API and am adding new members to shared folders (/add_folder_member). From my understanding, the accompanying (/mount_folder) request requires an access token from each the new members? Is this (requesting an access token from each new member) the only way to…
Dropbox paper doesn't show up in pop-up window to get all files, using API call
Files from Dropbox-paper gets displayed in account home page. But, when using "Dropbox.createChooseButton()" API call, only the dropbox files gets displayed and not the dropbox-paper files. Since, the website home page lists out the entire list including papers, the above mentioned method must display that too. Is there…
allow use of id: in paths for folder creation
While trying to build a app for dropbox I noticed that you don't allow use of folder ids in create_Folder_v2 For example like "id:asfd/newFolder" instead to create a folder you have to do it like this /parent1/parent2/parent3/newFolder You guys have already implemented the use of ids in paths into other api calls so why…
File synchronization with the Apps folder not working
Hi there. I have a security camera running on a Raspberry Pi which takes photos of motion and uplaods these to a DropBox folder via the DropBox API. The system has generated in excess of 20 000 files over a number of years. I wish to download all of these and ease your servers --- these are small images of <100kb each.…
Generate file links manually
Hello community, Recently I was working in an project,where they are integrating Dropbox in their app. I had a requirement where I need to get the links of files available in the Dropbox and display the links to the users.So when they click on this link it will redirect them to the corresponding documents. The issue I…

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