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API v1 Turn Off Time
I know it is available till 28th Sep (today), but it would be nice to know what time it will actually be turned off so I can start to monitor any issues.
Erorr: while installing DropboxSDK Framewok in ios
hi, I am Dheeraj Sahani. I want to use DropboxSDK Framewok in iOS Project but when i am trying to install this framwok by cocoa pods then it is showing me error following Error. [!] Error installing Dropbox-iOS-SDK [!] /usr/bin/curl -f -L -o /var/folders/76/zsrntsw53mnbd5zmb9z4t5cw0000gn/T/d20170929-11159-15yeurd/file.zip…
Dropbox for Xamarin.Android
I used to use Dropbox.CoreApi.Android. When v1 had retired, i was trying to use v2. But i got this issue: Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error Exception while loading assemblies: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load assembly 'Microsoft.Threading.Tasks, Version=1.0.12.0,…
Failed to establish a new connection
I have been uploading files using the API regularly but suddenly i got a bunch of exceptions, which basically said the new connection can't be established and the network is unreachable. Traceback (most recent call last): File "run_ops_dashboard.py", line 11, in <module> import dropbox_api File…
OAuth2 not working tonight
Is there any known issues with oauth 2 tonight? I can't authorise at all but was fine earlier.
get shared Link of Uploaded Folder
Hi, I can upload my files with: public void uploadFileToDropbox(File inputFile, String path, String fileName) throws Exception{ InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(inputFile); try { FileMetadata uploadedFile = client.files().uploadBuilder("/"+path+"/"+fileName).uploadAndFinish(inputStream);…
Intermittent api.dropboxapi.com port 443: Connection timed out
Hello, We have several different sites that use your API to trasmit and recieve files via your API. We changed to API version 2 a while ago but this evening we are seeing intermittent connection issues from AWS to api.dropboxapi.com. Error details: Failed to connect to api.dropboxapi.com port 443: Connection timed out Are…
API v1 is now retired
As previously announced, as of 9/28/17 API v1 has been retired. You can find more information in the blog post here: https://blogs.dropbox.com/developers/2016/06/api-v1-deprecated/
Failed to open/load the window. Dropbox.choose and Dropbox.save should only be called from within a
Hi, I've posted this question on SO, any help will be appreciated. I have 2 days left to finish this before you guys shut down V1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46433974/failed-to-open-load-the-window-dropbox-choose-and-dropbox-save-should-only-be-c
Objective-C V2: downloadData and downloadUrl not working
I've got upload and listFolder working fine but just can't seem to get download to work. If I use downloadData, it succeeds but the fileContents NSData is 'nil'! Code: [[[[self client].filesRoutes downloadData:@/hello.txt] setResponseBlock:^(DBFILESFileMetadata *result, DBFILESDownloadError *routeError, DBRequestError…
How to get out of OAuth2 invalid key not forwarding to a redirect-uri?
(also posted on Stackoverflow) I'm using oauth2 client-side to authenticate users on my application and am stuck on handling errors, case in point being an invalid key. I'm opening a popup which upon successful auth redirects to my parent-url (loading the parent page in the popup) and passing back the oauth token to the…
Upload file into folder name with space
Hi, I am not sure that this question is asked before, but I haven't found the answer yet. I got problem when I upload a file into a folder which has space in it's name. When I try to upload the file, it will create a folder or it return a error "Conflict". I also try on API Explorer but I still got same error. (ex. path:…
query related to shared_folder_id
Our app saves all its data in dropbox folder by syncing and all folders are shareable hence containing share_folder_id. Now due to some reason root of all those shareable folders had to be changed, now using share_folder_id of those old folders is giving malformed_path error. So my question is do I have to reshare every…
invalid_oauth1_token_info
A couple questions, I'm updating an app to use the new API. Logging in as the user into the dropbox website and it doesn't look like there are any apps registered to this account. My App Key is 1cqi2t0vya3poem. I am able to call https://api.dropboxapi.com/1/oauth/request_token and I get a valid response. I take that info…
Uploading chunks of file data to a file in dropbox
Hello, My scenario: In the application I am working I have to upload chunk of file data and append to a file in dropbox. In the application I will not know the source file name. All I get, through a method call is a ByteBuffer and name of the file on DropBox. I need to upload this chunk of data. The method could be called…
IE does not show dropbox thumbnail
Hi I try to use end point get_thumbnail with correct parameters as url for image. All works properly in Firefox and Chrome. But IE 11 and 10 does not show uimage. Although in IE debug window it is shown that iage was loaded and even image itsel can be viewed. To reproduce problem click https://jsfiddle.net/bzadb3m7/ in IE…
Are Webhooks Not Functional? We verified, but not receiving notification on changes.
We've created an endpoint that has code in place to verify the webhook. That part seems to work well as we received the challenge and echoed it back. The app shows as Enabled and verification was successfufl. However, after that, if I go into my dropbox folder, either online or in the sync'd desktop folders, I don't…
Dropbox API Endpoints v1
Currently I have been tasked to convert an Android app from V1 dropbox API to V2 dropbox API. Is the September deadline final or is there going to be an extension of a month.
Dropbox oauth2/authorize 400 error
Please refer to this and provide help at either place. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46395095/dropbox-oauth2-authorize-400-error
Dropbox Difference in Response
I have a service which sync all files and folder from dropbox after each 5 minutes using Dropbov API V2. Service is deployed on two environments Staging and Live. The problem is I have 1 folder which has 448 files/folder on my dropbox account. On live it took 4 minutes to fetch all files in 1 dropbox api request whereas on…
How to get file links to old versions using python
Do old file versions have links as metadata? I can get link to the most recent version but want links to old versions as well. I did not see it inclued in the returned json value but wonder if I can get it using python.
API v2 fileID support versus path
Hi, I've recently rewritten our Dropbox consumer to implement the v2 API, instead of v1, following the migration guide's indications. I was content to see that Dropbox now has a notion of file IDs (as opposed to paths only), as I found it troublesome in the past to work with file paths in file-sharing scenarios. Our app…
Sending ID instead of path in upload API?
Is it possible to send id of the folder to upload files? Tnx!
Uploading to folder id
Is it possible to use the API to upload to a specific folder ID? In the documentation, you can only upload to a path.
API V2 unable to list folder using file id
I would like to be able to list the contents of a folder using the file id instead of the path. Is this in the works? Thanks!
File listing with ID
Hi all, I have requirement to do file listing and bookmark the file / folder from our application. We are planning to store the ID of the file / folder. On clicking of the folder that we have bookmarked, we will do file listing. I know that currently Dropbox API doesn't support file listing with ID. May I know when it will…
Generating a Download Link
A few years ago I used the HTTP API to generate email links to folders. It suddenly stopped working and I discovered that there is a new API and the old one has been deprecated. I had not heard about the change until now. At any rate simple request I have been using looks like:…
restore a deleted app?
Hello can i restore a deleted dropbox app.. if not, can i use the same token of me deleted app to access a newly created app?
Android, uploadBuilder, IllegalArgumentException: Value is null
I have an App named "Android Outliner" with DropBox Api2 integration. One of my customers has an issue while trying to upload a file. fileMetadata = dbxClientV2 .files() .uploadBuilder("/" + dropboxDir + "/" + file.getName()) .withAutorename(false) .withMode(WriteMode.OVERWRITE) .withMute(false)…
Empty uid in second leg of oauth for "Team member file access" app
When a member authenticates for a business app of type "Team member file access", then in the second leg of oauth the uid is empty: Example: { "access_token": "8H9QotNcSyAAAAAAAABUbI0E-amnsmasnjsd...", "token_type": "bearer", "team_id": "dbtid:AACyGZWrUW...yzXtNuwYtLsVjoE", "uid": "" } Any idea why cant this be the uid of…

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