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Receiving Media Info via /search call
How do I include media info in the reponse of a search call via V2 of the API? When I am listing the content of a folder, it is possible to include the "include_media_info" parameter, but that seems to be missing for the search call?
Rest API Vs Client Library
Hi, I am developing an app with Dropbox APIs. Previously, I used Dropbox SDKs to access the APIs. Now that we are migrating to V2, what can be the best or recommended practice, to use sdks or REST API calls?
Problem with API . Need show images from dropbox.
I need to render images from my dropbox on my site , when i will change images on dropbox , it will change and on site . Which API can help me ? Please take me answer!!!
SwiftyDropbox & Dropbox Saver (v2 API)
Is "Dropbox Saver" available, in Swift or Obj-C for iOS? I can't seem to find iOS Swift/Obj-C Dropbox Saver use in the SwiftyDropbox documentation, only for HTML (though it was originally planned to be coming soon). What I would like is to simply let the user choose a "save to" destination in their own Dropbox folder (from…
Link to files/folder - not sharing
Hello again team, I'm attempting to write an app that will send people links to items within their Dropbox files and folders. This app makes use of the delta/metadata endpoints to discover files and folders. I'm going through your documentation and I'm struggling to find any documented way of constructing URLs to deep link…
line break character in JSON
We are trying to use add_folder_member with a custom_message that includes line breaks. We tried passing them as \n , \r, \n\r , \u0010. They get all stripped out What is the right syntax to use?
How to register a webhook programmatically ?
Hi, As per my requirement I need to register a webhook programmatically instead of setting it through app console as mentioned in docs. Have I missed it somewhere ? Any help is appreciated. Thanks !
add_folder_member custom_message removes return characters
We've using the add_folder_member part of the v2 API and we've got a custom_message that contains return characters - so paragraphs. When the request is emailed to the end user, the returns are stripped out of the text, and it's then flowed over a single line. There doesn't seem to be a way to encode returns so they…
I have a CSV file with headers/fields?
OwnerId,FirstName,LastName,MailingStreet,MailingCity,MailingState,MailingPostalCode,MailingCountry,Phone,RecordTypeId,Email,Campaign,IF_Local_Leader__c 005A0000001EHjd,jan 16 test for ACTON,kumar,,,,,,,012A0000000K4y8IAC,Test10@gmail.com,701q0000000K2Us,TRUE 005A0000001EHjd,Jan 16 If local…
API for iOS
Dropbox doesnt authenticate successfully when dropbox app is installed on your device. I'm using DropBox SDK for iOS. After allowing the DropBox app to authenticate my app, the screen goes blank - but i log in succeesfully when I dont have dropbox app installed in my device.
delta equivalent for Core API v2
I wonder if the following is the right way to detect remote changes in Java/Android using Core API v2: ListFolderGetLatestCursorResult cursor = client.files().listFolderGetLatestCursor(""); ListFolderResult result = client.files().listFolderContinue(cursor.getCursor()); for (Metadata metadata : result.getEntries()) { ... }…
/files/list_folder question
Does /files/list_folder endpoint guarantee that it will return requested folder as one of the entries?
API rate limit error
Hi all, I'm using SwiftyDropbox in a Swift 3 app. I managed to get authentication working, I can get the details of the authenticated user, I can upload files, I can download files, I can create folders ... all is fine. My app allows users to download map tiles. A map tile is a 256x256 image, and there is a folder…
V2 API - error message format
Hello! I'm trying to make requests to V2 API with incorrect details and I'm getting error messages of the following format. Also, added the CURL requests made to trigger the errors. Please confirm if this format will stick around. Are there any links where this is documented? curl -iX GET…
Dropbox dekstop, logging in from my vb.net application
Hello guys, i got request from my client to use dropbox dekstop as one of side application from my main application, my client want to dropbox dekstop logged in in the same time i login in my application. is there any possible way ?, thanks btw
files/download can't handle files with embedded spaces
I have a file that has three spaces in the name. When I try to use the API to download it I get a 409. I have tried encoding the spaces as %20 + and even \u0020 and it always fails with a 409. Please advise. curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <redacted>' \…
API response limited to 2,000 items
I do a lot of photo work and try to automate some of my photo and video sorting and processing but I've run into a pretty big issue: Apparently there is a maximum of 2,000 items returned when getting a directory listing. Is it paginated? If so, why doesn't the Python API client handle pagination? From one of my servers…
How to get the valid url using dropbox api media endpoint.?
Goal is to play audio file from dropbox. Using dropbox python sdk I can get the folders and files but the `media` doesn't have valid file to play with. def post(self, request): request_body = json.loads(request.body) path = request_body['path'] client = helper.dropbox_client(request.user.profile.dropbox_access_token)…
Coldfusion File Write
We currently have a process that uses a Coldfusion web application to copy files that are submitted on our website to a local network share that we maintain. We are anticipating moving to a Dropbox Pro account for some of our files though and would like to migrate that process to Dropbox. Unfortunately our web server is on…
Obj-C Dropbox Library crashes in iOS8.4
I just released my iOS app updated to Dropbox API v2 using the Obj-C library through CoCoPods. I works fine in iOS9. But now I am getting calls that it crashes on start-up under iOS8.x. Then I ran an iOS simulator with iOS 8.4 and it does indeed crash on start-up with dyld: Symbol not found: _NSURLSessionTaskPriorityHigh A…
Creating temporary links for a slideshow (one device)
Hi all, I own a website where people can create a real-time slideshow from various social providers such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc. I've received a couple of requests where people want to be able to display photos from a Dropbox folder, so I've been researching the Dropbox API to see what options I have. I…
Folder modification timestamp v2
Any update on returning the last modified timestamp for a folder when calling /get_metadata? In v1 I use the folder hash/modification time for monitoring when a folder content has changed, this way I avoid a potentially very long listing. I see no folder modification time in the response to /alpha/get_metadata, either, is…
convert downloaded pdf file to human readable string
Im downloading a pdf file from dropbox that I've previously saved to dropbox, created progamatically using HTML Markup. (which is working fine). But I then want to convert the pdf file to a human readable String so that I can gather specific info from that string. heres what i've been trying but its not giving me a human…
Team and App Authentication
When did Dropbox add Team and App Authentication?
authenticate example using javascript sdk problem
When using javascript sdk, I download dropbox-sdk-js/examples/auth/index.html, put Dropbox-sdk.min.js, styles.css, utils.js to the same folder, modify these three file's location in index.html, <head> <title>Dropbox JavaScript SDK</title> <script src="Dropbox-sdk.min.js"></script> <script src="utils.js"></script> </head>…
my dropbox chooser stopped working
My Dropbox chooser no longer works in my android app and nothing has changed. I was retesting it recently and it returns the error saying "Sorry and error occurred. Please try again later." below I have pasted relevant code that has been working for around a year and also a printout from the error log having to do with…
files/download giving 400 with an HTML page body from one host but not another
Hi, I'm a developer on UpdraftPlus, a WordPress backup plugin with around 250,000 users who send to their Dropbox. We're having a problem with a few users who, when trying to download their backups, get an HTTP 400 code. We have now been given access to a site where this happens, and produced a simple test script (PHP,…
API V2 nightmares......... /move I cannot seem to move anyfolders inside any files or root
Everything that I try / /folder1 /folder2 I am wanting to move folder1 into folder2..... THERE IS NO /folder2/folder1 I want this: / /folder1/folder2 I have tried all day, I am losing hair. I can see how V2 moves folders at all. curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/copy --header "Authorization: Bearer XXX"…
Sync Api shutdown
Hi, I've been using the Dropbox Sync Api for Android for a long time now and it was really great. It is shutting down in June and I was starting to read the docs for the v2 core api, but it seems there is no equivalent to the Sync api (a background service which checks for new/modified files and upload/download these files…
file upload to dropbox
i'm new in java can i upload file from client server application in dropbox using servlet

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