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/set_access_inheritance
Hi all Did someone test that API ? set_access_inheritance To foul to test now, but.. is it the way that we asked, for disabling inheritance of permissions for subfolders ?? Any feedback ?
500 error when authorizing app
Hello. I had initially authorized my app to upload files to its own special folder in my account, and then I disauthorized it for testing purposes. After that, I was never able to authorize it again. Whenever I go to the corresponding "https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize" URL to authorize it and click on "Allow", I…
Need OAuth2 authorise form without Javascript.
Is it possible to get an https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize signin page that doesn't include any JS? I'm trying to authorise an ancient Windows CE 6 ( circa 2008 ) Handheld device, and the webbrowser is too old to handle it. It displays relatively ok, I just can't click the buttons. :( A simple html form would be…
Downloaded .sqlite "file is encrypted or is not a database"
Hello, I try to download a .sqlite File from my Dropbox. So far this works and I save it to the documents directory. I'm also able to establish a connection to the database but when I try to execute a query I get the error message: "file is encrypted or is not a database" this is the same database I used before as a local…
no response when trying to list files
Hello, I'm trying to take first steps with the dropbox linkage in my iOS App. Here I have following problem: I'm opening a ViewController (not the first one) and want to list all files which are in the root folder in my Dropbox. But when I call " client.files.listFolder(path: "").response { response, error in ..." it just…
Permanently_Delete and List_Folder
Hi All I'm afraid i don't understand something here. Let's say i want to list all DELETED FOLDERS (or Files) form a path. I don't really now what's the best way to filter it, but i am using /list_folder with return_deleted at true. I am getting ALL Folders, deleted and Non deleted. Expected behavior. I am then keeping only…
Dropbox android API.Want to show my photos to users of my android application.
I want to show photos stored on my drop box to all the users of my android app,I know that I have to use the acess token,app key and app secret for that but there is very little documentation about dropbox api v2 as v1 is deprecated.I am not able to get the source code for this,kindly help and provide necessary details for…
fileBinary thumbnail in Node, passed to Browser, cannot display in any format.
The Scenario: We have a Nodejs app that uses the dropbox javascript SDK. On the front end, we have Web and iOS clients that talk to our Node app and ask it for file listings. That much works. We get our results. The problem: Thumbnails. In node, I get a fileBinary by calling: filesGetThumbnail ({path: <mypath>, size:…
SwiftyDropbox - show current SDK version
In SwiftyDropbox, is there a way to display the current version of the Dropbox SDK (currently 4.3.0), similar to the Java API's: DbxSdkVersion.Version In Objective-C I believe you can use: kV2SDKVersion I am hoping there is something similar for the Swift version; I tried looking but couldn't find anything Thanks,
Personal and Work account content
Hi, I got an issue with getting work account top level content in iOS SDK. I'm using [DBClientsManager setupWithAppKey: kDropbox_AppKey]; to setup and [[DBClientsManager authorizedClient].filesRoutes listFolder: @""]; to fetch list of folders/files. However it return my personal content only... How can i access one level…
usersRoutes getCurrentAccount not returning
Hello, I'm trying to track down a sporadic issue that occurs when access to an internet connection is sporadic, or maybe when there's a Wifi Network but it requires a security login? In trying to reproduce this error, I am leaving my router on but turning off the cable modem to see if that will cause the problem.…
docs contain invalid chars
using JS sdk method paperDocsDownload({ doc_id, export_format: 'html' }) and certain character (m-dash, curly quotes) come thru as â. The test document is here: https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/test-paper-doc-S7sSIlM2E0g6p3OXhhts4 Also the project I'm working on is here: https://github.com/bradoyler/paper2json
Creer une application sur mon compte dropbox
Bonjour, J'essai de créer une application sur mon compte dropbox. Lorsque je click sur le bouton 'create app' j'ai le message d'erreur suivant This app name is already taken. Le nom de l'application est 'telebox' et je n'ai pas d'application crée qui porte ce nom. Y a t-il des nom d'application interdits ? Merci de votre…
Restricted content for text file
Hello, I have created a simple text file and one shared link to this file. I get restricted content as a link response when the text file contains: 1.0.2 if I change it to only two digits it works: 1.2 I guess there may be some bug for parsing three digits text file. Thank you.
Sync Status via API
Hi, We need to know all the users that are currently not syncing. 1) Is there a way to pull this information through the API? 2) How about on the local machine? is there a file we can check if the user is current as far as their sync status? Thanks.
Testing the upload API via postman fails and returns error
I am working on Xamarin forms application and trying to use the REST API of dropbox to upload files in dropbox and hence for testing i tried to make a postman call to upload files into dropbox, it seems to work on the API explorer of dropbox but on the postman it fails even though i pass all the required parameter as…
Upload/Download files via shell (Android-Linux)
Hi all, I'm looking for upload and download files from an Application folder I have created on my account (with token). -> e.g. = Applications > app_name > Private > file.xxx The code I will use on shell will be: curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" \…
Copy files from remote computer to DropBox
Hello, I would like to copy files from a remote computer to DropBox. Basically I want to do scp -r into DropBox. Is there a way that I can do this through the API? One potential wrinkle: my institution is currently limited to 25,000 API calls per month, the folders on the remote computer that I need to copy to DropBox…
Red Triangle on "Save to Dropbox" Link
Basically, that's it-- I was saving a series of files to dropbox, and suddenly I get this instead of the checkmark. I have 900GB available on my account, and I have authenticated. Is this some sort of limit to the number of file accesses in a set time? Looking for any ideas so I can work around it. Thanks.
https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/users/get_space_usage no response
Hello. we use Dropbox HTTP V2 API to upload files . all it's ok. but. there is no response when send https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/users/get_space_usage post . we don't know why.
Upload Error 4xx
Bom dia! Estou com problemas em efetuar um upload no dropbox utilizando a API. Tenho uma solução que efetua a compactação de arquivos e após isso faz o envio do mesmo para o dropbox, porem essa solução funciona bem pra mim e para outros usuários, porem justamente em um unico usuário é apresentado essa mensagem de erro…
Does server close the connection once download a file over 90 minutes?
Hi, I have a 50GB file in my dropbox but I can't download whole file with download API over a month, the connection always been closed after 90min but my download process works fine on other files (only few GB) Is it any limitation about the connection? maybe it will automatically closed after 90 min or something else?…
DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET not found in OAuth 2
I am trying to upload a pic to dropbox. It asks for the DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN and DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET. I have found the DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN in https://temboo.com/library/Library/Dropbox/OAuth/FinalizeOAuth/ But where do I find the DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET? (It is not mentioned on the web page) I tried this too…
Too many write operations when moving a folder
{"error_summary": "too_many_write_operations/...", "error": {"reason": {".tag": "too_many_write_operations"}}} I am getting this error when using the V2 API (via PHP & curl) to move a folder with about 30 files in it-- I'm confused because it doesn't seem like this is a big enough operation to trigger an error. One thing…
Unable to migrate to API v2
Hi again, I downloaded the new DropBox-SDK from here: https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java and I extracted it into an empty folder. I also tried several examples there, for example: ...\dropbox-sdk-java-master\examples\upload-file ...\dropbox-sdk-java-master\examples\android but I keep getting errors like:…
Case-sensitivity of path_display with renamed parent folder
Hello, I am using the Python dropbox SDK and I encounter a problem when modifying the case of directories that have already been declared (same name but different case) in the past. For example, going from a dir: /testdir/NewTest To the same renamed one (only the case is modified): /testdir/nEWtEST After this kind of…
Objective C Framework Install
I'm having some major issues here. I see there have been recent updates. I don't use GitHub or Carthage. Just trying to get something working. My question is whether or not I really need to imbed the subproject? Or does the compiled framework contain everything I need to add to my project?
Copy overwrite file api V2
How to overwrite a file when copying, if it already exists
why the app in development status always link to developer account ?
user want to upload file to its space, that app in development status always link to developer account not himself?
Error when iPhone is with locked screen
Hi, I use official Objective-C SDK for the Dropbox API v2 with my app for iOS. So, there is very interesting behavior - when I try to upload my huge files on Dropbox and at that moment I lock screen of my iphone (not "Home" button) - I get error from server-side "The network connection was lost" (-1005) and internal SDK…

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