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Issue with demo webhoook app running at mdwebhook.herokuapp.com
Dear all, I need to use webhook in one of our projects. I have carefully read webhook documentation available at https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/webhooks. Within th tuturial there is demo webhook deployed at mdwebhook.herokuapp.com but is not working. When I open the app and connect to my dropbox account it…
h264 video URL
Is there a way to get the link for the h264 version of video files that Dropbox uses in a web browser or its native Android client? For instance, if I have a .mov file, I can get a link to the file for direct playback by calling getTemporaryLink. However, the .mov file is in the wrong encoding for playback on Android or in…
Unusual nonprofit situation needing developer assistance......
Hello, I run a small nonprofit here in Kansas. I had unfortunate event in that my home/office/agency just lost everything, including all doc/digital files in a total loss flood. So while I try to remain and maintain this agency as CEO, I am trying to get us afloat in some type of Cloud situation - where I can have a…
Dynamically create apps
Hi! I'm designing an app, where users would potentially make a lot of queries to the Dropbox API (it will make use of very active file-sharing). And this amount of requests by all the users will obviously hit the rate limiting for a single Dropbox app. But it will be fine for a single user though. So I came up with the…
File Listing in Ascending/Descending order
Hi, We have File/Folder listing based on Alphabetical sorting in Dropbox UI. Is there a way to achieve the same using REST APIs? Also, In what order, are the files/folders given as response from the api? (like based on creation time or modified time or alphabetical order)Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Dropbox API - Objective C - uploadData - versioned updates
Objective-C API Question Previously when I uploaded files (old API) dropbox would create numbered versions if the file was already there. I am trying to do this same thing using the "uploadData" file route, like this: DBFILESWriteMode *mode = [[DBFILESWriteMode alloc] initWithUpdate:parentRev]; // parentRev is null here,…
SwiftyDropBox Auth flow issue
I'm following the SwiftyDropbox documentation for my project, and have gotten as far as having my app switch to authenticating via the Dropbox app and switching back into my app. However, the application(_ app: UIApplication, open url: URL, options: [UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey : Any] = [:]) -> Bool function is not…
v2 Search API results delayed
After uploading a file into dropbox, it looks like the v2 search API has a noticeable delay before the file will appear. I don't recall this issue with the v1 API, but its quite apparent now. Repro steps: 1. Drag and drop a file into dropbox on Mac OSX and see checkbox indicating upload is completed. For my tests I'm…
Endpoint /token reponse with content-type "text/javascript"
My app is using the authorization code flow, so after getting auth. code its requesting access token through token endpoint, Its returning a response with json content: "{ access_token: ... }", but content-type header is "text/javascript", is it right? Thanks in advance
Capture User Info with Saver
I would like to user the Saver button on my website, but I would like to capture basic info, like email address, of the person coming to my website and accessing the file. Is that possible?
Issue with ListFolderAsync()
Hello, I'm using ListFolderAsync() to fetch all albums of Dropbox authorized account in my application and its returning too but the issue is when I'm using: var list = await dbclient.Files.ListFolderAsync(path, true); then i'm getting 20 albums with names etc. But when I'm using: var list = await…
Why Delete Method is not working according to Doc?
Hi, I am trying delete according to instruction from DropBox client?.files.deleteV2(path: "/test/path/in/Dropbox/account").response { response, error in if let response = response { print(response) } else if let error = error { switch error as CallError { case .routeError(let boxed, let requestId):…
steps to uplaod text files from C# web application
Hi, I want to upload some text files from my C# .Net web application to dropbox account. I have created dropbox App but don't getting clear idea how accomplish that. Please help me to provide steps to upload files from C# .Net web application to dropbox account. Thanks! Naveen
Switching users in app
Hi All is it possible (in a test app) to login as user 1, view files etc, then log out and log in as user 2, view their files etc? My app is using an OAuth2 flow in .net, its a windows forms app. during the authentication routine, it opens a browser window and presents the login page. the access token is then kept to…
How do I set the Redirect URI port number?
Dropbox You have configured a Redirect URI for OAuth2 authentication. - http://127.0.0.1 - http://127.0.0.1:port I have coded the following code in C #. ---------------------------------------------------------- string redirectURI = "http://127.0.0.1:56207"; string requestURI =…
Webhooks think any non-200 is an error, even 204's
Hi, I am sending Dropbox webhooks to an existing webhook endpoint which returns 204 responses to all requests. Dropbox sees this as an error, and then retries the webhook repeatedly. A 204 status code is the most accurate one for my endpoint, as it doesn't return a request body. Could you update the webhooks to accept any…
Invalid version of Newtonsoft.json with Dropbox.API v4.0.30319
Hi, I'm getting the following run-time error when trying to upload a file to Dropbox using the DropBox.API for .NET. Could not load file or assembly 'Newtonsoft.Json, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the…
Mount a folder from a shared link
Hello, I have a shared folder with a link within my work Dropbox, with some "get started" files and subfolders. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c8lxhn68sdfduvp/AADwI1wTcLYWSeJVW9zZuiFha?dl=0 We have an app with full dropbox access for our customers. I would like to create a copy of this shared folder to a specific folder (like…
Download from within Application causes ERROR 403
Hello, I wrote my own tiny application and want to download a file from my own Dropbox Team Storage. I created a share link for the file I want to download and changed it to ?dl=1 If I use eg. Chrome on a computer on which i'm logged into Dropbox the download starts immediately. Same happens if I open the link on a…
allwaysync error HTTP STATUS BAD REQUEST
Utilizo el programa allwaysync llamando a la api. Desde la semana pasada todos los archivos que trata de sincornizar dan el siguinte error HTTP_STATUS_BAD_REQUEST, UploadFileSafely::unable_to_create_dest_dir El log muetra [1/2/2018 3:45 PM] El archivo "Error al copiar "I:\ServidorLP\ARGENTINA\03.SUR\03.SANTA…
File size limit with save_url?
I'm using the DropboxClient.SaveUrl method. Is there any file size limit when Dropbox goes to upload the file from the location?
com.dropbox.core.v2.files.RelocationErrorException
Hello Group, I am trying to do a simple copy/move of one of my files from one folder to another: SOURCE FOR EXAMPLE: /my_pictures_and_videos/01 dump yard/aarav (hridansh)/test.jpg DESTINATION FOR EXAMPLE: /my_pictures_and_videos/diya/photos/ code that I am writing for the same: DbxClientV2 client = new DbxClientV2(config,…
How to stop folder access prompt appearing every time?
Is it possible to configure or code my Android app so that the below prompt doesn't appear every single time I restart my app? I only have the one API call below and yet I see the above prompt every single time I start my app. Auth.startOAuth2Authentication( gContext, APP_KEY ); Surely there must be a way to code or…
Dropbox API not returning all files
I am using Django and trying to get the list of all files. My dropbox contains 4149 files but it only returns 3998. Upon checking it seems that the most recent files uploaded to Dropbox isn't showing up in the list. Here is my code. dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(oauth_result.access_token) metadata = dbx.files_list_folder("",…
OAuth2 access token request - Basic authentication not working
I am trying to integrate Dropbox in my webservice. However I decided to use a direct integration instead of any APIs as I need a limited number of functions only and not used to code object orientated in PHP. For any reason my authentication token handling is not working. I figured out, something is wrong with the basic…
OAuth2 access token request - Basic authentication not working
I am trying to integrate Dropbox in my webservice. However I decided to use a direct integration instead of any APIs as I need a limited number of functions only and not used to code object orientated in PHP. For any reason my authentication token handling is not working. I figured out, something is wrong with the basic…
Adding tags to team files
Hi there. I'm trying to add custom tags to files shared by a team. I'm unable to add properties and get a returned reponse "Restricted content." Searched for answers, didn't find any that helped. Perhaps I'm not using the API as designed? These are the steps I've taken: 1. Create a template (with an admin-level token)…
Android Chooser API Documentation
Evaluating Chooser for Android. Was surprised when I ran the app that installing the DropBox app on the hosting platform was a requirement. Suggest making this clear in the "Using Chooser" guide. On the Dropbox developer's site I'm not finding the API documentation for the Android Choose SDK. Is there an API reference or…
Secondary backups using sign-in-as-user via API
We're looking for a way to make a backup of all our Dropbox business files on local machine. Currently, the PC is logged in with Admin rights and synchronising Team folders - a script simply copies the whole Dropbox folder to a separate drive. However, this doesn't backup any files that the user has saved outside a Team…
Create File request via API
Hello, is possible to create file request via dropbox API? I want to create a plataform where each of my clients recive a File request link automatically and then upload their files. Someone can give me a lead? Tks.

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