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Delete or Expire Existing Shared Links
Hi, I have been testing the create_shared_link_with_settings endpoint, but have now been instructed to make them expire very quickly. Problem is - I don't have access to my company's actual dropbox account, so I am wondering what the best way would be to delete the shared links I have created during testing so that they…
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Keep getting new access token
I can successfully authenticate Dropbox in my Phonegap app the first time, but I keep getting a new one if the button is pressed again, why is that? Shouldn't it return the same token again? And there is a blank screen which appears. I have seen many dirty solution to change the inappbrowser.js code itself. this is…
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Got a token, but still no go on uploading
I am using a webviewer (a control object on a FileMaker layout that acts like a browser) in my FileMaker solution to allow my users to interact with Dropbox and my app. I'm not sure if the problems I'm having are related to me being the app owner and then trying to act as another user, so I am describing everything here…
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Can't get path with `ns:` prefix to work in /2/files/list_folder
I'm trying to get rclone to work with dropbox business accounts. I read in the documentation that I should be able to use a `ns:1234` prefix on paths to view listings. Here is a curl example I constructed following the documentation which doesn't seem to work: $ curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header…
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All file names and meta data
Does anyone know how I can get a list of every single file I have in my dropbox and it's respective metadata for each file, e.g. file size, file type etc? Managed to get the list of the top directory with the folder names and the files there, but I'm looking for a list of every individual file in it.
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Folder download
Per https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/download-entire-folders I can download any folder through the dropbox web interface. How can I do this via the API? I'm guessing the web client uses some form of API for this so this should be doable from scripts as well? Thanks
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Getting started - authorizing
My app id is (for example) xxxxxxxxxxx Why doesn't this URL, pasted into my browser, take me to the page to let me authorize my app? https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id = xxxxxxxxxxx am I missing quotes? I tried this as well: https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id = "xxxxxxxxxxx" I know I am…
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How to get OAuth 2.0 token
How do I get an OAuth 2.0 token with the account I created app without login?
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Calling ListFolder with id
Hi Team, I try to list folder with the following path format : id:XXXXXXXXXX It returns the following unless the folder does exist (I get the id from a previous list folder call, witch gives me subfolder list)... Call details : curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer…
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Encoding type error with Dropbox Saver
I'm using Dropbox Saver to upload mp4 files to my dropbox. When I call the Dropbox.save() method, I get this error: "Error downloading https://dev.rocketium.com/videos/5640531e7e119dcc577857b0/resized/that-sea-the-gambler_1526882073332.mp4. ed content encoding type. libcurl understands deflate, gzip content encodings." How…
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Copying files FROM Dropbox to my Android app
Hi all. I'm new to the DropBox SDK so please forgive if I ask a question that has been asked many times. I did do a search on the site but could not find anything like what I'm attempting to do. I want to store a directory of photos (PNGs) on a DropBox folder. I'm writing an Android app using Android Studio (Gradle) that…
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API secret in dropbox.oauth.DropboxOAuth2FlowNoRedirect and redistribution
Hi, I am writing a simple app in the form of a python script which follows the OAuth2 procedure for the user to link and use their own account. Now, the DropboxOAuth2FlowNoRedirect() method requires both the app key *and* secret to be passed and I can't seem to reconciliate this with replies to similar questions, where it…
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Upload File Api
Hey guys, I'm getting a pdf content and want to upload it in my dropbox with the API. When i'm sending the request with the /upload method, i'm getting no response from dropbox ... Can you please help on that ? Here is my code : HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();…
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Download one file in ASP.net VB
Good day all I'm really sorry if this question has been asked before, I have searched a lot without success. I want to download one file from my own account using ASP.net, but using VB (not C#). I have downloaded the V2 API package PM> Install-Package Dropbox.Api I have tried without using the above SDK using this code.…
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Security(Encryption) with Official Objective-C SDK for the Dropbox API v2
Hello, I would like to know how is encrypted data during uploading from iOS device to Dropbox using "Official Objective-C SDK for the Dropbox API v2". What the security methods are used? Thanks in advance.
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Not receiving responses
Hi, I'm new with the Api of DropBox in general. Right now I'm trying to integrate the api on my iOS app. I followed this steps I managed to get it working on Xcode Version 9.2 with Swift 3.2. I have already signIn with my user and created a folder just as the examples says. What I really want to do is to get the user files…
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NodeJS NPM Module
Anyone know any good NPM modules that can Upload content, read the content of, and overwrite files?
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Generate links and passwords with Python
Hi, I am looking to generate shared links with individual passwords for a lot of folders in one directory in Dropbox. Could you please give me some starter code or point me to more information for doing this? Basically I would like to be able to loop through all the folder in a directoy, generate a share link for each with…
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Reinstalling new Dropbox code for iOS.
My iOS app did use Dropbox. I downloaded new version and compiled with XCode. Architecture issues. Can I simply move ObjectiveDropboxOfficial.framework and headers into my app and use it?
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v2 API
Hi Dropbox Team, I am trying, using Dropbox API, to access my files in Dropbox. I have already done it with Dropbox API v1 and now I would like to do it with v2. For this reason, I performed as following:- 1) As suggested, I downloaded the new DropBox-SDK from here:- https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java 2) I run the…
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list_folder API not starting from beginning of directory
I'm building a mobile app for viewing the /Camera Uploads path and for whatever reason the initial query does not start from the beginning of the directory. To explain more, my /Camera Uploads files go back as far as 2010, yet the list_folder starts returning entries from 2013 and skips the first 500 or so photos. I even…
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Path Not Found Error
I'm trying to download a simple file from a Dropbox for a rather large C# program I am developing. My file path for the file in the dropbox is: "C://Users//xxxx//Dropbox (MAD treat)//C#//Sweetners.docx" I've also tried to get this to work by placing the file just in the dropbox: "C://Users//xxxx//Dropbox (MAD…
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Bad request "this app is not valid"
i am developer, i intergrate dropbox api in my app, it works fine until today i checked casually, my app user cant get access dropbox from my app, it says, This app is not valid. what can i do ?
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Share files via Intent from android
Hi there! I have a problem. My app has function for shareing image + text via Intent, but when i'm choosing dropbox it shareing only image or only text. val shareIntent = Intent() shareIntent.action = Intent.ACTION_SEND when { imageUri.isNotEmpty() -> { shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, imageUri) shareIntent.type =…
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/list_folder return duplicate folder (same id, same name)
/list_folder returns duplicate items for me. I have `/apps/myApp/myFolder`. API returns two items:`/apps/myApp/myFolder` and `/myFolder`. Same ID, same name
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Webhooks UI
Your interface for adding webhooks is borked. The errors are all squished, you can't really tell what it's trying to say, and it gets worse the more you try to debug. That said, how do you tell it to retry a failed webhook, or remove an old webhook URL?
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using filesGetThumbnail with png.
Hello everyone, I use the API 'filesGetThumbnail' and I have a problem with the files 'png'. I'm using dbx.filesGetThumbnail ({'path': dir/.../file.png, 'size': 'w128h128', 'format': 'png'}) But it does not work and continues to make me thumbnails on the jpeg file ... Does anyone see where is the error? Thank you for your…
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Dropbox raising content restricted LookupError when downloading file with dropbox.files_download
I made a small script to download various pre-existing blocks of data uploaded by another script. def fetch(id): file = "".join(["/data-", str(id),".bin"]) md, f = dbx.files_download(file) data = f.content return data The code almost perfectly follows the example provided with the API, however when ran it throws this…
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DropBox Auth flow issue
Would it be possible to have a web page where a user can select multiple files from our server and have the server send those files directly to that user's dropbox account? I assume they would need to authenticate with dropbox somehow then the server uses that session to upload the files? How would I be able to do this if…
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Access and file upload using command line (RAW socket)
Hello everyone. I am trying to login and upar a file in the dropbox using command line, (RAW socket). I am having difficulty understanding how to do it, because I always get error from my commands. I am using the reference: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation What do I do: I connect to the…