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java module support?
I use dropbox-core-sdk 6.0.0 in my small project that uses jdk17, and added "requires dropbox.core.sdk;" into module-info.java. But compiler complains "Name of automatic module 'dropbox.core.sdk' is unstable, it is derived from the module's file name."I understand this is just a warning, and it won't make any error until…
Next.js 14 oAuth 2.0 authorization flow redirect 401 error
Hi first time poster here. I've got the authorization flow successfully integrated up to the point where the callback url appears in the browser address window, ie: http://localhost:3000/api/dropboxcallback?code=Ws4_UVwyTaIqwerqwasdfu5BM5xJGSNdXxF_y5V9JGyrs however, this remains static and 'null' appears in the browser. In…
Is there any way to update a File using API's or Java SDK Methods?
Is there any way to update a File(doc, pdf, txt) uploaded from my local machine into Dropbox web app using API's or Java SDK Methods? From Dropbox web app , we can update the doc file by choosing open in word for the web option. Can I perform the same action using Dropbox File API's or Dropbox Java SDK methods?? do we have…
What link do I use to read a JPG with code?
I put a JPG on dropbox (in a subfolder) and I am trying to download that JPG using a javascript fetch command. My code works fine with JPGs hosted on various other servers including Google Drive. My javascript code is using this link:…
codeVerifier not initialized in dbx.auth.getAccessTokenFromCode
Hi! I am setting up Dropbox OAuth in an Electron app, and I got the part with generating a redirect URL, opening it in a browser window and letting the user log in working. I can then successfully listen for the redict, but when attempting to get the access token: const dbx = new Dropbox({ clientId: CLIENT_ID, fetch: fetch…
Since 31/01/22 all the download files become corrupted.
I own a Magento 1.9.4.2 store which has only downloadable products in it. Once a customer buy a digital product, Magento sends an email with the download link generated by Magento itself from the Dropbox one. This is worked since 2013 from 31/01/22. Suddenly, it doesn't work anymore. All the download files, past and…
API delete by id:# via CURL
In one script in my FileMaker database solution, I upload a file to a constructed path, then save the unique id:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx number for that record, to tie the record to the file in the DropBox directory. In another script, I wanted to delete the file by id:xxxxxxxxxxxxx and not by path. If I…
Getting a 400 error when choosing the root folder of account or the root of team folder
Hi everybody, I've run into the following issue last week: I have a chooser in an app that I work on that is used to choose a path in dropbox: Both these folders are roots, the first is account root, the second is a teams folder. Whenever I try selecting one of these folders I get a red failed to load request message. The…
Open with file explorer from anchor tag
Hi, Is it possible to implement the "show in file explorer" option for folders from our own website similar to how it's done on dropbox.com? Our current workflow has us clicking on a link to take us to the folder on dropbox.com then opening it in file explorer. I'd like to skip the middleman if that's possible. Thanks!
Dropbox Chooser loading indicator
Hey there! We've started integrating Dropbox Chooser into our product. It a nice and easy to integrate from a developer's perspective - thanks! We've gotten quite a few tickets regarding an unresponsive Dropbox Chooser modal. Digging a bit I quickly realized that the modal was not unresponsive - it was just doing some…
Entries Count Differs from Requested Limit
I'm using the /list_folder endpoint using the Dropbox-API-Path-Root header to display content from a team with shared dropbox. When I use the limit parameter with a value of 20 this returns 16 entries. However, if I then make an otherwise identical request with a limit parameter of 500 I would receive 40 entries. These…
File location if there were 2 active short life tokens being active
I have been using the Dropbox API, https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload, to upload files. This was a scoped app. The token was short life and would expire. This would prevent me from uploading my files into the app folder. The problem I have now is that I generated a new token while the old one was still active…
Access token
To access Dropbox files indefinitely without having to manually refresh the access token?
Inquiry on /team_log/get_events Endpoint Behavior with Empty Events List and has_more True
I am reaching out regarding an issue we are encountering when calling the /team_log/get_events endpoint. Occasionally, we receive a response where the events list is empty, but has_more is returned as True. Our company is attempting to integrate and analyze Dropbox logs using our SIEM product, Exabeam. Unfortunately, this…
List shared folders without folder id
When listing sharing folders via API https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-list_folders There is no `folder_id` in the returning metadata of all entries. I was wondering in what circumstances the `folder_id` will be in the response ? Asking because `folder_id` can help to identify the…
iOS 17.x can no longer login and allow dropbox access on app
i, something has changed with iOS 17. My app is using the DropboxClient() api to get an auth token, which would show safari and ask for a login. The login works, and they will get the question if they want to allow my app access. When they click on Allow, they now get the error: Safari can't open the page because it…
API access token expired
Hi, i am using some of the http api endpoints to upload or download files. As i saw in the documentation the API access tokens never expire but can only be revoked. For some reason after i use my token for a day or so i get the message "expired_access_token". Then i need to create a new one. Of course i never revoked it…
Integrate Dropbox with .Net Core 6 web application
Dear Community Experts, I have created a .NET Core 6 web application for my husband's stamp collecting hobby [SNIP] and I would like to display some of his stamp images in the application from his Dropbox folder "Gourmet Philatelist". I went through all the samples in the .NET SDK for Dropbox in my Dropbox Api Test…
ECONNRESET while downloading shared file as a stream
Hello, when I try to download a shared file using API , the socket closes at the 10th minute, and I receive an 'ECONNRESET' error. Without using the API, I was able to download for an hour. And after an hours it's closing the connection again. By the way, the file I'm downloading is over 100GB. Can you help me with this…
Error when uploading files via API
Hi, I recently started having issues uploading files to dropbox via API. The error returned is HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request The output via curl is as below * using HTTP/1.x > POST /2/files/upload HTTP/1.1 Host: content.dropboxapi.com Accept: */* Authorization: Bearer MyBearerToken Dropbox-API-Arg: { "path":"file_to_upload",…
Could not get preview url while searching for preview urls
I am trying to search dropbox files inside my application. Although I am bale to find the folders and the files there is no way I can get the preview url of them so that I can redirect the user to the folder on dropbox. Is there any way to do that? In the documentation I have found that the preview url in search is an…
&raw=1 links no longer display on mobile devices since new year
Hello, Is dropbox no longer supporting &raw=1 files being displayed on external websites on mobile? It was working fine before new years. See here: https://www.arclab.space/a/0301-pdf-topo Odd that it works fine on desktop devices, or via chrome inspect using mobile viewport sizes, but not on actual mobile phones. iOS…
HTTP request problem
Hi, I'm looking for help with the following HTTP request problem: For my student app security project, I analyzed HTTP traffic between a third-party mobile app (Android) and its server, which is using CloudFront CDN. For testing, I selected one of the requests from the existing HTTP traffic, along with its headers and…
Dropbox sign audit trail information
Hi, I am using the Dropbox Embedded Signing API to develop my application. After signing completion, the completed document would be attached with the audit trail information which is really helpful to signers. I am wondering if the timestamp timezone in the audit trail can be set up with API per document since document…
Changing many file access rights with api
Hello, I'm looking to move a large amount of folders from directory A to directory B. For this I use fileCopyV2 with a little delay between each move to avoid too_many_request and everything works fine. However, I also need to change the access rights to these folders during the transfer. I need to make sure that the…
Integrating Dropbox API into file sharing application
Hi, people! I'm currently working on a chat app that relies on the sharing of heavy files. So I decided to try to use the Dropbox API to deal with the file management. The scenario is: every user should be able to send attached files from their computers in messages, but they are actually sending the files to my Dropbox…
pre-signed upload sessions
Hi, hope you're having a nice day! I'm developing a client side app with React to upload files, with a minimal interaction with an internal api. I want to use pre-signed urls because I'd like to hide sensitive information like access tokens from the client, and manage everything in the server. The files I expect to upload…
Upload to a specific file id
Hi! Google Drive has an method that we can create the file ID first, before start upload. Does Dropbox has somenthing similar? My point is, to get file metadata, specially file size, after upload is done via getTemporaryUploadLink. Knowing the file ID before, I can prevent broken response between the client-side upload and…
Get Size of a Folder
How can i get the size of a particular folder in DropBox using V2 call or V1 please solve this...?
Automatically create folders based on the filename from the file I put in
Hi, Is it possible to create a folderstructure based on the filenames I put into the main folder? Example: If I have a Main folder and put in a file named ABCXXX into it, I then want it to automatically create a folder inside the Main folder based on the first 3 letters of the filename and put the file into that folder. Is…

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