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Problemas para vincular Moodle y Dropbox
Hola; Soy un profesor-administrador, de una plataforma de cursos en Moodle versión 2.6.2. He seguido varias veces todos los pasos indicados para crear en Moodle un acceso a mi repositorio Dropbox, tanto este desde el que publico, como de mi Dropbox personal. Todo se configura correctamente pero a la hora de hacer una…
Shared Folder MetaData
Hi, I've been looking at the dropbox core metadata endpoint. Is there any way to get the user details from the uid, it shows the "Display Name" in the json. I cant see how you can get the users info from the uid. Below is a link to a screen shot. http://images.devs-on.net/Image/XfcOfsNuAdqOChxd-Region.png Thanks
Hidding app_key and app_secret inside a possible desktop app
I have build a desktop app that will be distributed to any user who likes to use it. How do I use the core api (with python) to hide the both keys assigned by Dropbox for the app I made? Seems to me that you have to store those keys inside the desktop app itself but that imposes a security risk in that such technique can…
how to get the displayable url of the image through API?
I'm using "https://api.dropbox.com/1/metadata/dropbox" to get the list of images. In the response the path i'm getting is like "/1.jpg".. I want to display the image , how to get the full displayable url through dropbox api Thanks in advance
Team folder permissions
Hi, I have a Team folder which has been created by the team admin. If a member of a team creates a folder under this team folder. Who is the owner of this folder? It appears if the user shares this folder they are no longer the owner. I guess the question is. If you create a folder in a team folder are you the owner? It…
What is the http code to write file contents
I know how to read the contents of a dropbox file in a js variable, using pure javascript. It's ajax, without the use of jquery or any dropbox or other library. Similarly, I would like to create/write/update a dropbox file with data from a js variable without uploading an existing file. What is the http code for this?
Video thumbnails are not generated anymore
Some days ago we found that video thumbnails are not displayed in our app. iOS app uses official cocoapod Dropbox-iOS-SDK (version 1.3.13). At some step it displays media content of user's Dropbox folders: images and videos. We get and display thumbnails for images and videos using method -loadThumbnail:ofSize:intoPath…
Upload Corrupted
I'm trying upload a file by http. The Upload is OK. Bas de zip file is always corrupted. I've checked the file before upload and i'ts ok. My code: var bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(fileToSend); var fileName = Path.GetFileName(fileToSend); RestClient restClient = new RestClient(uploadUrl); RestRequest request = new…
create_shared_link_with_settings with expires in minutes
Hi How to expire a shared link in 1 minutes? I'm trying but doesn't work, when i try with days works properly. Sorry for my english Thanks
Sharing.removeFolderMember endpoint crashes
When executing the Sharing.removeFolderMember endpoint it generates a fatal error. The error occurs in the Async.deserialize(json: JSON) -> launchEmptyResult method because tag is equal to “async_job_id”. I am using SwiftyDropbox release 3.0.0. Thanks.
Invalid Origin Error when using * as origin in chooser API
Hi, I'm developing on a mac app that uses bundled assets and the code is running with file:// urls in the main webview. To receive the post message from the dropbox chooser correctly, I need the origin to be set to be * according…
Java V2 - Equvalent to V1 API's
I'm looking for the following API's that exist in V1: 1) client.getDelta(deltaCursor) 2) client.createTemporaryDirectUrl(path) 3) client.disableAccessToken() For the first one, getDelta, it appears this would be equivalent: ListFolderResult result = client.files().listFolderContinue(deltaCursor); However, I couldn't tell…
How to get #access_token= ?!?!
Hi, We're trying to integrate Dropbox within our service. Right now, we're hung op on how to access the GET access_token after a user authenticated. Dropbox places a # before the GET variables so we can't access it the normal way and REQUEST_URI won't work either. How can we get that access_token?! Thank you in advance. -…
Is it possible to delete file via API?
Is it possible to delete file via API?
Error occurred after visiting authorization URL
Hi, I am upgrading to Dropbox Core SDK 2.0.6 for Java. When I add dropbox account, I encounter this error: SEVERE: {"error_description": "unknown field \"state\"", "error": "invalid_request"} com.dropbox.core.BadRequestException: {"error_description": "unknown field \"state\"", "error": "invalid_request"} If I don't…
Catching invalid access token exceptions
In the Android Core API v2 SDK, when a Dropbox access token becomes invalid, I want to catch that exception and null out my copy of the access token so the linking authorization will be done again. The trouble is, I don't know how to exactly qualify that particular exception. For testing purposes I have deliberately fed…
Swift SDK Authorization
I'm using a dropbox account to save data in my ios app. I don't want to authorize the current user, but I want to use the account associated with my app key to upload to a specific folder location. I've tested this with the api explorer and know that it is possible, but the documentation suggests that the swift sdk only…
File metadata through share link
Hi, I'm Filipe and I've been using Dropbox android SDK for some years now. Currently i'm developing an application that receives a share link from Dropbox's native android application. Is there any way for me to get that file (or folder) metadata (path and size) from the share link alone? Currently I'm querying all my…
collections
I want to get a list of all collections that for a user. The /get_shared_links endpoint does exactly this. However endpoint is deprecated and the replacement - /list_shared_links doesn't do this (as far as I can see).
Api v2 .Net4.0 no Task.Run method
I got a new app working from home on .Net4.5, using your example code: var task = Task.Run((Func<Task>)MainWindow.GetCurrentAccount); task.Wait(); However, at work they use .Net4.0, so I targeted that version. Now the compiler tells me: Error 'System.Threading.Tasks.Task' does not contain a definition for 'Run' How should…
Error closed when uploading file using /upload_session/append_v2
I am uploading file of 20.3 MB using C++ with Qt development environment. I am using session upload. I am uploading with chunk size of 4*1024*1024. In first upload/start("https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload_session/start") i am getting sessionId. As in this above request i am passing 4MB bytearray from file so in…
Dropbox chooser error
Hi, I have added the Dropbox chooser in our web application. In the Dropbox app, I have added the domains we are working from. As development purpose I have added our domain in .dev and our production domain. In development, I could connect to my dropbox account, and even display the chooser, pick some files. We deploy our…
Creating a folder in Dropbox
Is there a sample of creating a folder in Dropbox from the Android Java SDK for Core API v2? The example of uploading files seems to deal only with the root folder. I have a background task that has an instance of DbxUserFilesRequests. I know that applying createFolder() to this instance will do it, but if the folder…
Is there any API available for Drop box Reseller model?
We are an integration partner from ENSIM,Ingram Micro,our product enables cloud service from wor ...
ld wide resellers,so can you provide us some documents on reseller API that are available for Drop box?
How i can get only images from dropbox in iOS app?
Is there any property of DBMetaData that I can use to load images only. My Logic : if fileMetaData.isDirectory { self.restClient.loadMetadata(fileMetaData.path) } else if fileMetaData.isOfImageType { self.restClient.loadFile("\((tempFile as! DBMetadata).path)", intoPath: localPath) }
Url scheme for a dropbox folder
Hi, Is there anyway for me to go to the dropbox app directly and opening a folder from another app. ? Basically, lets say I have a button in my ios app which on click should open dropbox app with a particular folder contents listed. The dbapi-2:// helps go to dropbox, but anyway to go to the folder directly? thank you.
Error: Dropbox API:(500) Internal Server Error
I am using BackWPup backup plugin to backup my Wordpress website. The backups are uploaded to my Dropbox account setup up on my Windows 7 PC. The backup process from last Sunday, failed with the above error after authenticated access to Dropbox was given to BackWPup for backup file storage. I would be grateful if you could…
UIDocumentPicker cache
I'm successfully using UIDocumentPicker and can download and open a file in iOS. However, If I upload a changed file to the web (via pc) and then download it again into iOS it still finds the old version. It does this for about an hour, then if I'm luck it finds the new one. Another PC with the same dropbox account syncs…
"Connect to Dropbox" button
Is there a dropbox-sponsored icon we can use for the button that users click to start the OAuth process?

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