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DropBox Auth for backend
I am developing an app that requires to read metadata from dropbox files. This backend has no interraction with the user directly. I am having difficulties finding a way to get backend authenticated by itself without the requirement of the developer needing to give it a new session auth every 4 hours or so. Using refresh…
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Dropbox Chooser responds with "Failed to Load Request"
When I try to choose a folder from the Chooser, an error notification appears saying "Failed to Load Request." This particular folder is from a team space and has permissions set on it so that only certain teammates can access it. When I select other items in the Chooser that are either in my personal space or have…
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How can I save the file from dropbox chooser to s3 or as a blob?
Hi, I am currently working on a dropbox integration and I used the chooser method. After user selected the file they want. How can I save the file to a s3 bucket or as a blob. Can we fetch the link from returned file Response directly? Currently fetching that url returns nothing. And if its not possible do I need to try…
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API
What is the meaning of "API" in the following sentence? API Support and Feedback
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Cannot Redirect to UWP application with custom URI
Hi team, We initially implemented the WebView in the Xamarin application for all platforms; it initially worked well, but now that the support for WebView is deprecated, we are unable to use the Web view to authenticate Dropbox logins. Further analyzing this issue, we have come across a suggestion to use the built-in…
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.NET SDK V 7.0.0 Documentation
Is there updated documentation for v 7.0.0 of the .NET SDK? When I upgrade from 6.37.0 to 7.0.0 the DropboxCertHelper class is unrecognized. Thanks
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React Native: is it possible to invoke the installed Dropbox mobile app to authorize a user?
Hello 🙂 I'm working on a React Native app which supports backing up files to Dropbox. I'm using the react-native-app-auth library to authorize my app for access to DB and it all works fine and I get the token, but the authentication form opens up in the browser via http. I've tried using the Linking class from react-native…
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api.dropboxapi.com supports TLS1.3 protocol?
Is api.dropboxapi.com TLS1.3 compliant? If not, what are the plans to support TLS 1.3 for Dropbox APIs
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(Python SDK API Help) Some folders are not listing
I am writing a helper app with the python sdk to iterate through folders within a team folder and add certain child folders within specific folders that have a name matching a list of names I have. So far I am able to iterate through the folders and match the specific folders I want, but some of the folders seem to…
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bring back long term access tokens...
I am fairly new to dropbox and I find it amazing for manging videos etc. I have a client that uses dropbox and wants to continue to do so (don't blame them) but the learning curve in the API for uploading/downloading videos is huge. I was able to use the Short Lived access code to upload videos pretty easily, but at the…
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Direct file upload to Dropbox
Hello! I'm writing a small Node.js web app to upload files to Dropbox. Login to the application will be via Dropbox OAuth. After this the user will be able to send files to my shared folder Typically the file is first uploaded to the server and then uploaded to Dropbox. However, this results in wasted time and resource…
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Download entire folder from Dropbox using Vb. NET
Hi guys! I'm trying to write code to create a program that will download and upload files and folders from/to Dropbox automatically. When I need to download a single file there's no problem using X.files.downloadAsync("path", await X.GetContentAsByteArrayAsync), but when I need to download an entire folder I don't know how…
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How to use the nginx to browse the sare url
下面是dropbox的分享URL，直接访问是可以的 browse the dropbox share url indirect is okay: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/e6mzswmo6nb1al3xo2q6h/20240531154801_MACID_42957_.png?rlkey=ov72d1b180j14ko6q8gammlet&dl=0 但通过我们自己服务器的NGINX代理访问，却只能访问到dropbox的404错误页，访问不到真实的分享文件 but browse the share url through my nginx server is 404…
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Export legacy paper via python sdk does not work
Hi, I am using the latest dropbox-sdk-python. Here is my python code: import osimport dropboxfrom dropbox.paper import ExportFormatdbx = dropbox.Dropbox(os.getenv('DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN'))dbx.paper_docs_download_to_file('temp.md', '12345678', ExportFormat.markdown)# The file only contains the title of the paper.res2 =…
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Can we access/upload files to a shared folder that's outside my root folder programmatically
We have a requirement , where I have access to a shared folder which is placed outside of my root foler. I need to programmatically access/upload files/create sub folders inside this shared folder . We tried creating an app from app console.We could access folders inside my root folder using the accesstoken+secret token…
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Automatically Deleting Files After X Days - General Data Protection Regulation May 2018
Hi there, I'm using the Java SDK 3x (API v2) and I'm looking for pointers/code to automatically delete files that are X number of days old. There is post on this forum which is doing this in python however not seen anything for Java. I can't use any third party tools due to the context of my client's application. With the…
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Issues with Token Expiry and Auto-Refreshing in SwiftyDropbox for multiusers
Hi everyone, I'm having trouble with managing multiple users in my app using SwiftyDropbox. While I can connect users, their tokens are expiring and not auto-refreshing as expected. Here are some snippets of my implementation: public func setupWithAppKeyMultiUserDesktop(_ key: String) {…
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Regarding the automatic refreshing of the access token
def initialize_dropbox_client(): access_token = "my access token" dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(access_token) dbx._oauth2_access_token_expiration = time.time() + 14400 # Assume token expires in 1 hour for initial setup return dbx # Refresh access token if it's expireddef refresh_access_token(): global dbx # Ensure dbx is accessed…
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Short lived access tokens only?
I'm building an internal tool to create file requests via the API. I had it working, but I believe the App Console is only giving me short-lived access tokens when I click "Generate" - each token starts with "sl". Is these a way to get longer-lived tokens for my app? I'm in the "development" stage, which I thought was…
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oauth flow with spring boot
hello , I'm trying to integrate Dropbox with my Spring Boot application and enable the OAuth flow so users can use their Dropbox accounts within my application. However, it isn't working, and I'm struggling with the documentation. Can someone help me? Thank you!
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How can I simply upload files via API without manually generating an access token?
* I have the app secret and key * I had some script working but the access token is short lived, as I used the one I generated from the console * I cant find any API info on how to generate an access token? All I see is stuff about where you generate some code and then you have to open a webpage and enter the…
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Dropbox API for deleting the integration app connected via OAuth2 flow.
Does Dropbox provides an API for deleting the integration app connection. We just want to allow users to disconnect our Dropbox integration app from our app itself, just like same is allowed from the Dropbox in "Apps" section in 'Personal Account'.
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Saver does not upload image file to dropbox, only opens the image in new tab.
Trying to use Saver on Instagram files. If I use the API like this: fetch("/api/dropboxupload", { method: "POST", headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({ url: YOUR_FILE_URL, filename: YOUR_FILE_NAME, accessToken: accessToken.DropboxToken, }), }) I am successful. If I uninstall Dropbox from…
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Error 400 when trying to download a file
Hello, I'm using Dropbox for OTA. It worked for long time up until couple of weeks ago. Now, connection is established, folder list is downloaded, but when trying to download a file, I'm receiving Error 400. Your support team answered similar questions (around Error 400), claiming that the format of the HTTPT request might…
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Create folder using Dropbox API gets created inside /home/username/
Hi Team, I am trying to create folder using Dropbox API. I need the folders to get created inside /home/ but the folders are getting created inside /home/username/. I am trying to check any settings for dropbox cloud to change the home path where folders and files get created, but am not able to find the configuration. Can…
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Upload API issue
Hi everybody, I'm using Dropbox API in my web application to upload files to Dropbox via PHP code. I've been using this procedure for a long time, but today I got an upload error: "Failed to upload in Dropbox: URL Error: SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain - HTTP Error: 0". I'm using the…
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files/download API cannot find any files in any shares
My company has several applications that interact with the Dropbox API via the python sdk. At some point in the last few weeks, these applications have stopped being able to download files. Neither the application nor the wrapper library that operates the Dropbox python library have changed. For example, one of our…
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Dropbox Java client for Android: how to refresh token?
My app just needs to upload a backup file to a dropbox account from mine, so the access must be off-line (no prompting to the user, that would be confusing). This is carried out when the user finishes inputting data. I previously used the API with the following code (Java SDK): DbxRequestConfig config =…
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Python SDK dbx.files_download error
I've been using the Python dropbox library since 2018 with no problem. I think an update was made about 3 weeks ago that stopped all my connections from working properly. To troubleshoot, I ran `pip install --upgrade dropbox` just in case. Here is my code: import dropboxdbx=dropbox.Dropbox("<TOKEN>")def download(folder,…
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A couple of questions about get_temporary_link
Hi, folks—I’m using a team Dropbox account that has 1TB of daily bandwidth, but I’m a little unclear on how a couple of things work. Here are my questions: 1. Say I use /get_temporary_link to get a link to a 25GB file in my Dropbox account, and say 100 people try to use that link to download the file. If all of those…