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How i get a file ID from a share URL?
Hi, In my business they use functions to download files from others applications like OneDrive or Google Drive from the link generated when you share files and copy in a textbox, IDs generated from the shared link are the IDs of the file or is it an own ID to share it? Thanks.
path/not_found on create_shared_link_with_settings for Dropbox-API-Select-Admin auth (Business)
I try to integrate a web app I'm working on with Dropbox Business API. The case is uploading some of the documents to specified folders and then generating the sharing links for them, to serve them from Dropbox rather than store them on app server or generating them on the fly. My flow is: 1. I prepare the file to be…
Restricted content Error
Hello, When I try to download the following file from a client's dropbox account using Dropbox api, I get an error. FilePath: /Operations/office logistics/it/assets - software/Office 2013 std/autorun.inf Error:path/restricted_content/... Please help. Thanks, Gagan
Restricted Content Error
Hello, When I try to download the following file from a client's dropbox account using Dropbox api, I get an error. FilePath: /Files/2016/Final Products/Archive/cfl.dropboxstatic.com.url Error: path/restricted_content/.. Please help. Thanks, Gagan
Unable to upload a small file (less than 20mb) due to timeout
I'm trying to use the files_upload (through the Pythoon api) but I'm getting an error if the file is somewhat larger, but less than 20MB. The documentation states that files_upload shouldn't be used for files larger than 150MB, which will be true for the files I'm trying to upload. I tried to…
Point-in-time track of dropbox resources
How can I check which objects like files,folders and space used has been changed after a specific time or date? In short,how can I get a point-in-time change of my dropbox resources?
I can't download shared folder with curl
For some reason, downloading folder from shared link is working not as expected. What i do: - Creating folder "_test" - Making public link - trying to save: curl https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gm775ysbj2hy53s/AADUFPm6S4QtTztv52traWTka?dl=1 -o test.zip -J -L -k unsuccessfull, getting some script content instead of zip with…
APIs to get changes since some date or time
Hello, We are working on a requirement where we are looking to get the list of changes done in Dropbox account after a certain time. Say for example: I want to get list of all files which are created or modified after 10th June. I had a look at the API documentation and also tried few APIs but couldn't achieve this…
Dropbox API v2 to find whether the files are synced, deleted, renamed, moved or copied.
Dropbox API v2 in java provides methods to upload a file, read content of a file, etc. But is there a way to find that a file is either synced, deleted, renamed, moved or copied using these API's ?
Download shared folders via /2/files/download call
I've been calling /2/files/list_folder and then calling /2/files/download to download all files of a specific user. However, I noticed that I'm not able to download the content of the following types: Team Folders Shared Folders I'm not worried about the team folders but I would like the ability to download all content…
User options (open in new tab or download) for Temporary Link
Hi, Wonering if anyone is able to help me achieve the desired user experience I'd like using the temporary link generated from the get_temporary_link endpoint. This link, on click, initiates a download by default. What I would prefer is to instead give the user the option of downloading the document which they can then…
Error in call to API function "auth/token/from_oauth1": Bad HTTP "Content-Type" header: "application
i am calling app auth api but i am receiving below error. Error in call to API function "auth/token/from_oauth1": Bad HTTP "Content-Type" header: "application/json; boundary=------------------------796cea680fa095ca". Expecting one of "application/json", "application/json; charset=utf-8", "text/plain;…
Finding hidden folders
Is there any Dropbox API in java that finds the path of the hidden folders(i.e .dropbox.cache) and lists files inside it?
Linked CSS file with ?raw=1 does not load anymore, but images embedded the same way do
Hello, I've had a CSS file called with ?raw=1 from within ~70 eBay articles suddenly drop dead yesterday. It loads on its own, but closer inspection revealed that CSS files completely refuse to load when linked inside any HTML using the ?raw=1 extension, but still works when changing www.dropbox to dl.dropbox or ?dl=1. As…
upload file to public file request with javascript
I generated a public file request in Dropbox and would like to write some javascript code to programmatically upload a file which is generated on the flow (e.g. var myJsonString = JSON.stringify(myArray)) to the public folder. As an example, I created this public folder: https://www.dropbox.com/request/3gnn9m16eVCwxazuQIOF
What is an api of dropbox to get content any files like pdf file , rtf file and etc?
Hello All, I am looking for v2 api to give only content of any files because when i use v2 api like download to get file using java, in response i would get content along with extra details like fond, alignment and other stubs details which i am not expecting. due to this it effects on my business logic. Please guys…
Authentication types
What is the difference between User Authentication, Team Authentication and App Authentication ? which is the most efficient one ?
DBRestClient and DBRestClientDelegate replacement in v2 Objective-C SDK
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50748066/migrating-from-old-dropbox-sdk Basically, I am surprised that the new SDK looks nothing like the old one, and want to make sure I am not missing something. I use a small subset of Dropbox, have done so for years troublefree, and don't want to introduce bugs by going the long…
Dropbox Chooser, return both link types in one call
Hello, It would be great if Chooser [1] could return both link types - preview and direct in one call. As I know it is not possible without OAuth API calls or is there any other simple way? Regards, Nikos [1] https://www.dropbox.com/developers/chooser#javascript
CORS Problem with Namespace and Dropbox-API-Path-Root header
Trying to list team root folders using this request from the namespace guide: curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --header 'Dropbox-API-Path-Root: {".tag": "root", "root":"<namespace_id>"}' \ --data…
Download data for all users on team
What is the best way to download the contents of all user folders? I've created a DropBox API application but this seems to only allow access to my content, I've also created a DropBox Buisness API (Team member file access) app to see if we can leverage that to download all of our users content. However, I can't seem to…
Get all files in shared link loder
I'm looking to use the v2 api to download the contents of a shared folder from a link like this: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/[some_junk]/[some_other_junk]?dl=0 this link is not necessarily generated by the user authenticating the API call but would be either a public link, or a team link from a team the authenticated user…
Java API - What is the best way to get a user's remaining free space using DbxClientV2?
subject is self-explanatory. I can't seem to find any good info on the matter. I'm not sure exactly how storage values work in V2, as the docs are a bit... ambiguous. Or else i just cant find the right info. Best way to get this info? Thanks in advance :D
Python SDK constant errors
Trying to make a small app that will read a pair of files from a dropbox folder and compile a small database from them. Just getting started, following the sample but I keep getting errors of different kinds. I'm using virtualenv and have only installed dropbox and its dependencies using pip install dropbox This is my pip…
media HSL M3U8 link
Hi, according to this post dropbox is able to stream hls of uploaded media files. https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2014/02/video-processing-at-dropbox/ Is there any api that is able to get link to HLS m3u8 list to play on some external player?
stone_validators.ValidationError
Has anyone else experienced the error dropbox.stone_validators.ValidationErrror: expected type SharedLink, got integer? I got this on line 484 of dropbox/stone_validators.py These recent updates have kind of broken things and I am just trying to get everything back to a semi stable state. Ideas? This is running in Python 3…
API v1 /team/log/get_events endpoint returns an empty events list
Hi, since last Wednesday (May 30th, 2018) , the API v1 /team/log/get_events generally returns an empty events list along the cursor. The only events returned are for admin operation but there are no events regarding file activities anymore. Was there any change related to this API? I understood that even though it will be…
Dropbox Picker for folder?
Hello, is it possible to use your Drop-Ins Filepicker to select a folder? I couldn't find any setting to achieve this. However the Drop-Ins for direct upload has a such a functionality... Thanks for any advice!
Getting separate Access Tokens for each Team Member in Business API
* Is it possible to get a separate access token for each team member in the business api? * Can the Team members authenticate themselves to enable an app to access team-shared folders? (Maybe when a team admin has authenticated the app already or not) * How do i properly get the correct user id (for select_user param),…
Encrypt file so no 3rd party app can see it
The Dropbox SDK allows apps have only two types of access types, Specific folder or full dropbox. This is an issue. If I choose specific folder, and the user uploads sensitive docs, any 3rd party app which the user also uses, can see that sensitive doc if the user has given the 3rd party full access. There should be some…

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