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Download file through JS SDK
I am currently working with your javascript sdk to retrieve a list of files from my dropbox using filesListFolder and I display the files as links on my page. I also use the filesDownload method to give my users the ability to download the files. When a user clicks on a link, the browser's default download window (the one…
V2 API Problem with tokens
I'm getting error_summary": "invalid_access_token" , all the time , even after getting a fresh new token. I followed these steps: - oauth2/authorize : get the code - oauth2/token : get the token using the code - call any method i.e. curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/users/get_current_account --header…
Copy function having the from and to path issue
I am using dropbox php SDK and using copy function i am trying to copy one folder to another folder but in response i am getting following error: For copy function i am giving from path like "/test" and to path like "/abc" Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Kunnu\Dropbox\Exceptions\DropboxClientException' with message…
delete_batch returns internal error consistently when deleting more than 3425 files
I was using the delete API call to remove a folder that contained more than 10k files when I saw the too_many_files error. I switched over to the delete_batch API call in order to bypass this error, but received the same error at 10,001 files. I decided to send smaller chunks, but when trying to use delete_batch with more…
Dropbox authentication on iPhone X
My App's Dropbox authentication is failing on iPhone X and iOS 11. I still do not know the root cause and am just doing an initial inquiry here to learn if there is a known issue. What I can say is this: 1) authentication fails if the Dropbox App is installed 2) authentication succeeeds if I remove the App and…
Get Shared Link of uploaded file programatically
I can use this code to upload my file to the dropbox through html. <script> function handleFileSelect(evt) { var files = evt.target.files; // FileList object //// files is a FileList of File objects for (var i = 0, f; f = files[i]; i++) { $.ajax({ url: 'https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload', type: 'post', data: f,…
Arduino Yun upload Images to Dropbox
How Arduino Yun upload Images to Dropbox using API?
Objective-C Api handle connection loss
Hi! For our iOS Apps we are switching from the old Dropbox Api to the new Objective-C Api. In one app we use only the download function with dropbox. To achieve this, we implement DBUserClient *client = [DBClientsManager authorizedClient]; DBDownloadDataTask *task = (DBDownloadDataTask* ) [client.filesRoutes…
iOS11 document picker and files app - apkg files are greyed out
Hello, We are writing an app that handles apkg files. The app's info.plist contains the correct document types and imported Type UTIs, and everything was working well until iOS11. On iOS11 however, these files are greyed out when trying to import them from dropbox, using UIDocumentPickerViewController, or when viewing them…
Shared folders specific to current logged in user.
Hi there i am attempting to set up an application that allows myself to have a portal for my clients. A client would visit the log in page and then be redirected to a page that showed them folders that I have shared with them only. Would i have to use the dropbox team end points for this or is there a way to do it without?…
ObjC 3.3.5 new(ish) parameters for listFolder method
I have just updated the SDK and there are 3 new parameters in the listFolder: method. However the documentation does not really go into much detail (and the last parameter is not mentioned at all): listFolder:recursive:includeMediaInfo:includeDeleted:includeHasExplicitSharedMembers:includeMountedFolders:limit:sharedLink…
list_folder with include_media_info=true return empty entries array.
When calling /2/files/list_folder with include_media_info = true the API is returning an empty set on a folder that I know contains files. I can see the files in the Dropbox website and also in my desktop dropbox. If I call /2/files/list_folder with include_media_info = false I get the listing of all the files in the…
Create folder, Delete and upload APIs in Dropbox iOS SDK gives DBRequestErrorRateLimit error
When I try to upload more than 50 folder and 50 files to dropbox using Dropbox iOS SDK. I frequently get error DBRequestErrorRateLimit, even after retrying failed request after 1 second as suggested in Dropbox documentation, it fails again. Then I retry it again more than 5 times but again it gives DBRequestErrorRateLimit…
Getting the team member ID for Dropbox Business API
Users authenticated via a Dropbox Business app must provide a member_id (by the Dropbox-Select-User header, for example) when making a User Endpoint request. It's not clear how to fetch that member_id token. The best I can come up with is to go through `/members/list` until I can find an entry that matches the current…
Getting multiple thumbnails of multiple files at once ?
Is it possible to retrieve multiple thumbnails of multiple files at once ? I tried to make a request to https://photos.dropbox.com/thumbnails_batch just like the guide from https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2014/01/retrieving-thumbnails/ but it doesnt' work and I'm not sure if I did it wrong or this end point is no longer…
Multiple image previews needed for Dropbox integration with Ruby on Rails web app. (Chooser like ...
functionality) I want to integrate Dropbox with my Ruby on Rails app. I want users to choose files which they want to import in the web app. Is there any way to get links to preview/thumbnail of multiple images. I want something like Chooser but the design will be my custom design so I need links for image thumbnails to…
Is there a way to get multiple image thumbnails in batches using Dropbox API?
Hi, Is there a way to get image thumbnails in batches using the dropbox API? For example, this blog post describes a way how it was achieved by the official dropbox app. But it seems that this API is not available to third party developers. I looked through the Android SDK documentation also. There seems to be no method…
DropBox API Rate Limiting
Hi All I am Planning to host a web application which will display images in user's dropbox folder created by our app. Was highly impressed with getThumnail() and getStartThumnail methods in JAVA SDK to get Image Thumbnail but observed that it can only give us thumbnail of a single image at a time , with 1000 of images in…
How to make a bulk export of your image URL.
i would like to know if thats possible to export a list of url from your dropbox image folder
Download new file from shared folder
Hello! We got chooser in application and we can choose a video to upload to application. Idea is we want that user can choose a folder and if new file appears in specific folder, the new file will upload to our application. Is it possible to detect if new file appears and then we should got the download link to this file.…
Uploading a file to Dropbox in chunks using Objective C
This is maybe a very simple question, but I'm looking for an example how to upload a file to Dropbox using Objective C on iOS. For small files this is rather straightforward, but for large files it's more difficult. Is there any simple example on the web how to use: uploadSessionStart, uploadSessionAppendV2 and…
API v2: Simple image gallery on my website using dropbox
Hey everybody, is there a simple way to list all files of a folder with thumbnails on my website with php? I'd like to upload / manage the photos or files through dropbox and want to output them on my site. I already got it work to list all files and metadata using API v2 and cURL…
Using new api v2 for getting property groups is asking for .tag field
I am trying to get the property groups metadata for a file in my dropbox. The problem is the include_property_groups parameter. From the API example, I can't see any data with include_property_groups : curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_metadata \ --header "Authorization: Bearer " \ --header "Content-Type:…
Dropbox API v2 on MAC OSX 10.6 login issue GUI issue and not able to login also.
Creating a syncing folder in the Dropbox Desktop folder with Node JS
I'm developing a desktop (electron) app that integrates with the Dropbox javascript SDK and uses node js to perform tasks on the local machine, allowing an online and offline experience. All I am doing is programmatically creating a new folder in the Dropbox desktop folder using node js... the problem is that it…
How can I authenticate mobile app to upload to my business dropbox folder
I'm developing android app that needs to let any user to upload to my business specific folder. Shell I save ACCESS_TOKEN in their app or use API Key/Secret. I'm really confused, because I see the ACCESS_TOKEN will allow them to access my whole dropbox account which is wrong for me, I need them just access specific folder.…
Bad request (400) if made in my server
Hello. I am barely starting with the dropbox api v2 to make requests to my dropbox account. However, i have a problem with all requests made in my server. I can make functioning requests on JSFiddle by normal ajax http request or with dbx javascript used on the offical documents, this is the example:…
Dropbox saver errors Job reached maximum retry attempts
im getting this error "Job reached maximum retry attempts" on some of the content im making available, but not all. The PDF files I make are on the fly, and i am finding that if the content is over 30 pages it takes too long. Is there any way to over ride this or to extend the variable of the retry attempts?
IOS SDK/Framework for Dropbox API V2
I am migrating from dropbox api v1 to v2, so I need a plug and play SDK/framework for dropbox api v2. So can anyone help me for the same. Thanks in advance.

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