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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.
No mute option when deleting files? Android SDK
The mute option seems to work great for uploads, but strangely I can't find an option to mute deletions. The app deletes and uploads app-specific files and the user should not have to care or learn about these events. Please can we have an option to mute deletions as well?
Dropbox app returns db-<app_key>://1/connect instead of ://2/ failing setupwithappkey
Already migrated all users to V2. Everything fine. Pulled 200+ commits from objective-c-official When a new users attempts to link the app to their Dropbox, the Dropbox app opens -> they tap "Allow" -> the Dropbox app opens our app via the URL-scheme ... fine However, the url passed to OpenWithURL =…
API v2
My app send me a "v1_retired" message when i try to upload a json file. The command is: $http({method: 'PUT', url: 'https://api-content.dropbox.com/1/files_put/dropbox/'+G_NomeUsuario+'/avisos.json?access_token='+G_AccessToken,data: data What do i have to do to fix it? Thanks. Marcos.
API for member last login time
Hi there, Is there an API for the admin to get members' last login time ? Thanks.
Dropbox API v2 Rate Limiting
Is there a limit on the number of queries in "Business endpoints"?
SiteBoss cloud sync
I am using the SiteBoss app and am trying to backup the files through the Dropbox sync option but when I sign into Dropbox through the app it comes up with the message: This app has reached its user limit. Contact the app developer and ask them to use the Dropbox API App Console to increase their app’s user limit. can…
iOS downloadData returns nil for fileContents
iOS / objective C / cocoapods With api version 3.0.5, everything works file With api version 3.0.15, I'm not able to download a file using client.fileRoutes downloadData .... No Error (both error vars are nil) DBFILESFileMetadata returns valid metadata (I can see correct timestamp of file) But... fileContents is nil ***…
erpnext integeration with dropbox v2
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/app.py", line 55, in application response = frappe.handler.handle() File "/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/handler.py", line 21, in handle data = execute_cmd(cmd) File…
Get Changed/Added file
Hi there. The API appears to support a webhook which is triggered when changes occur. However, it appears to trigger on a per user bases. What is the best way to get a notification on an added file, preferably on a per-folder bases. I have no interest in who added/edited the file. I simply want to be notified when a file…
iOS 8 storage provider app extension UIActivityController or UIDocumentInteractionController?
We are writing a new app, and create an audio file that we want to allow users to share out to Dropbox, email, Airdrop, etc. When I put a plain UIActivityController up, which I supply with an NSURL to the audio file all that shows is Mail, Message and Airdrop. I have the latest Dropbox on the iPhone, and understand that…
DropboxRateLimitError Threshold
Hi, we're developing (pre-production) and have DropboxRateLimitErrors on our requests. This happens more often when we try to get thumbnails for a gallery (and quickly cancelling them as user scrolls down). It seems like the treshold of the rate limit is pretty low. What is the actual limit you guys use? Also, is this…
Path for .NET SDK thumbnails
The .NET SDK examples seen to be thin. I am looking to display thumbnails from image files on Dropbox. I have the BeginGetThumbnail method but am having difficulty implementing it. It is returning null for me. Is this an async method??

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