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File permissions in shared folders
Hi, I'm using Dropbox business team and want to programmatically list permissions on a file or folder. Using the apis, I'm able to retrieve the list of files and folders + a couple of properties. However I'm unable to find a way to list the permissions. Language : C# Whic api should I use? Do you have a working sample?…
Does the new Metadata API / File Properties endpoint expose extended attributes?
Reading what's available, it seems like this is more for custom data, but I can't find anything about it preserving or reading existing data. Specifically, I'm looking for a solution to read & write file tags across macOS & iOS.
Share folder with path instead of folder id
Is it possible to use an API call to share a folder with a user using the folder path instead of the folder id?
Dropbox should respond to Android Intent.ACTION_SEND
My android app uses the code below to allow users to back up an important file. A number of applications, including Google Drive, appear as suitable services to handle the file, but Dropbox does not appear, even though it offers the same functionality as Google Drive. Could you please change Dropbox so that it appears and…
deleteFilesV2 Error - Javascript SDK
I'm getting a 'Request has been terminated...' console error with this code below. I imagine it's no different than the filesUpload(arg) class but it's not working for me. Is there something wrong with my code? function deleteFile(){ dbx.filesDeleteV2({path: "/humanities.txt"}) .then(function(response){…
API v2: Dropbox integration to website
I want to to sync user dropbox account with our website so that user can directly upload their documents from our site.I am using Dotnet and had done following code string appkey = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("Appkey").ToString(); string appSecret = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("AppSecret").ToString();…
Maximum Retry attempts
When I try to upload a PDF via api, I get this error, {"status": "FAILED", "error": "Job reached maximum retry attempts"} File size is around 1 MB, do I need to enable something in the settings?
Can we get list of files & folders under sharing section of dropbox using python?
I am using Dropbox API version 2. I am getting all files under "My Files" section using dbx.files_list_folder("") method. But I want files & folders inside "Sharing" section also. So can we get files & folder inside "Sharing" folder of dropbox using python API v2.
Shared file URI depends on OS version
Hi, When trying to open a file(dwg in our case) from the drop box app(version 74.2.2) when running on OS version 7 and up we are getting the following URI: content://com.dropbox.android.FileCache/filecache/5c0a5a5c-4f92-4105-b243-8091211a1eb0 which is a content URI and can be handled appropriately in terms of…
objective-c API v2 - getMetaData Problem with Block response
I am converting to objective C API v2. I wrote this route to verify if a file is in a dropbox directory called DA. I get on the NSLog that the file exits, but the BOOL return value of the function is always 0. Any help would be appreciated. - (BOOL)verifyFileInDropboxWith:(NSString *)fileName { __block BOOL fileOnDB = NO;…
Python, get the latest revision of deleted file to restore them
Hi I have a list of 5400 files that have been deleted, I need that files to be restored. The file list is in csv format and carries the file path but not the revision to restore them. I need to get the latest revision of all the 5400 files in order to restore them with another script (which I've written using the dropbox…
Correct Way to move folders in batch mode Java API
Hi. I need to move a lot of folders with files to another shared folder. I need to do that every day using Java API But moving a got the messsage "too_many_write_operations". I read in the doc that we need to do that in batch mode. Someone have a example to do that? Thanks in advance. Regards, Dario.
Access token is not being accepted from local server
After successfully receiving an access token from the `oauth2/authorize` endpoint, I have attempted to submit the access token to `sharing/get_shared_link_metadata` along with the URL of a shared link. Several attempts have returned me with a 401 error. So I tried submitting an access token, which was generated from the…
Problem with the list folder path to retrieve recursive folders
Im trying out the V2 ApI and I am having some issues to list all the folders and their content. So i managed to curl via terminal using this : curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder --header "Authorization: Bearer <acces token>” --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"path\": \"\"}" And it…
Get files link using excel vba
Hello everyone I am seeking for a VBA code to get the links of the files and folders in the dropbox After doing some searches I have found myself in API solution but have no idea how to do that Can you guide me please?
C# to get access token
Error Message :Additional information: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error. i am developing an application in Asp.net mvc to integrate drobbox . i am creating my web service to get access token from the dropbox by this following method public string PostRequest(string postUrl, string…
.Net how to get JSON string?
I'm using ListFolderAsync in Asp.net by using the examples in the SDK. Works fine. But I want to get the JSON string containing the file list in order to convert it directly to an XML file. I'm not familiar with the sdk or .net on how to get that from your response. Can you give a quick sample? Thanks.
Javascript SDK - SharingSharedLinkSettings
I'm developing a beat selling website for a producer and decided to use Dropbox as a digital download file storage. The producer will be able to send download links automatically and manually to their clients. I know I can not make individual shared links for everyone that buys a beat so I'll be using one shared link by…
Issue with list_folder & list_folder/continue
Hey. I'm basically syncing changes made to a folder by calling list_folder every minute. I recently changed my strategy to use list_folder/continue in order to only get changes that have happened, instead of calling list_folder every minute. I must say it looked promising, but sometimes when I add multiple files,…
Is there a difference between PDF preview (endpoint : files/get_preview) and PDF files by /download
Hello, I am trying to display a doc file through /get_preview end point. My understanding is that it will generated a pdf preview (I guess that means a pdf file ? ) The pdf preview I am getting is generating an empty file. However, I test the same code generating the file with the response from /download endpoint…
Error with DownloadFile function while using dropPHP
I tried executing my php code to download a file from dropbox using dropboxclient.php which shows the below error. The given Download file function works perfectly fine with windows but not with macbook. Can anyone help me in solving the issue. Myphpcode For download function: if(isset($_GET['disp'])) { $test_file =…
Shared Link get file
Is there anyay to have an html input that accepts a shared link as data and have it grab that shared links related files? I have a client that would like the option to paste a shared link into his website, but not have the shared link redirect to dropbox; instead display the contents of the shared link on his website. Any…
[PHP] /files/list_folder returns Curl Error 51
Related SDK and Issue: https://github.com/kunalvarma05/dropbox-php-sdk/issues/100 Warning: cURL error 51: SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'api.dropboxapi.com' (see http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) Test Script $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,…
Python API V2 Error: ValueError Timeout
Hello, I'm trying to use the Python API (v 8.5.0) from Pythonista on iOS (latest, on iPad Pro), and when I try to invoke any commands on the dbx object returned from dropbox.Dropbox('TOKEN'), e.g. files_upload, I get the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File…
How can i get users of Dropbox under my App using c#?
I am using Dropbox Api dll . I have my App id and App secret i need to get the users under my App using c#.
list_folder does not contain property_group
Hi, I just want to ask why Property_Group is null even though I'm expecting some values. I'm using .Net sdk - list_folder method. Please see the the image below: Thanks!
Subir archivos grandes. Upload Session error.
Estoy usando el siguiente código en Python para subir un archivo de más de 150MB a través de la API V2, pero en determinado punto obtengo el siguiente error: ApiError('22721c262fe77ea6ac8a66df83e76b3a', UploadSessionFinishError(u'path', WriteError(u'conflict', WriteConflictError(u'file', None)))) f = open(file_path)…
OAuth page not loading. Browser fetching https://www.dropbox.com/csp_log
When launching our Dropbox App, the oAuth page is not loading. With further investigation we noticed that the browser is trying to load https://www.dropbox.com/csp_log and after loading https://cfl.dropboxstatic.com/static/compiled/js/alameda_bundle/alameda_bundle.min-vflaQG_Y3.js resource browser is not fetching other js…
IllegalStateException while finishFromRedirect in API v3
I am using dropbox-core-sdk version 3.0.5, and I am getting "Already Connected" while trying to authorise account (and get access token) to be associated with our application. I am using the the following code snippet : final DbxSessionStore csrfTokenStore = new DbxStandardSessionStore(request.getSession(true),…
webhook not work
I set up webhook but it's not working why?

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