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API errors 400 and 401
Hi everyone. I try to create an app and the debugger (GNU gdb 7.8 for MinGW 4.9.2 32 bit) gives me one time the error 401 and two times the error 400. 401: Bad or expired token. This can happen if the user or Dropbox revoked or expired an access token. To fix, you should re-authenticate the user. 400: Bad input parameter.…
Is it possible to use the dropbox chooser on a desktop app? (node-webkit)
Hi, I'm developing a node-webkit application which integrates with dropbox. I would love to be able to use the dropbox chooser which is available for web-apps. However, because it's a desktop app, it doesn't have a host/domain name, so I can't register it with dropbox to grant it permission. Hence, when I try to access the…
Is there any API limits
Hi, I am working on developing an integration, would like to understand what are the API limits for Dropbox APIs v2 per day per user?
Dropbox API usage with trailing slashes
Hey guys, Our dropbox implementation appeared broken on production environment and we saw that a trailing slash on the following endpoint returned a unknown API endpoint error. This seemed to work fine ( with the trailing slashes "/" ) until earlier this week and looks like a recent regression. Also, am not sure if its…
Is it possible to create active users in a business account?
Hi there, I am using the Business API to create users in an account. I see in the documentation that we can enable/disable the email invitation by sending the flag in the payload. https://www.dropbox.com/developers-v1/business/docs#members-add Is there anyway to bypass the invitation mechanism that puts a user in a…
How to get Modifier of File/Folder V2 Api .net
How do you get the modifier of a file/folder using the V2 Api. Before the MetaData object had an attribute of "User modifier" but in the V2 Api I cannot seem to find this information. Is there a way to get it?
Chooser docs claim that direct links use CORS, but I get access control errors
I'm just cross-posting my SO question here, in case someone here has the expertise and can handle answering it in both places at once. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37731412/dropbox-chooser-direct-links-docs-say-they-use-cors-but-i-get-access-control-e
Content-Type charset on safari and firefox
Hi, I'm trying to make a call to API V2 via the browser. Here in the spec you wrote > - Set the Content-Type to "text/plain; charset=dropbox-cors-hack" instead of "application/json" or "application/octet-stream". I tried doing this. It works on Chrome, but it somehow does not work on safari and Firefox. In both firefox and…
Passing null into dropbox team client AsMember method .net sdk
When you pass null into the team dropbox client AsMember method does it just use the current user? dropboxTeamClient.AsMember(null) <- what account gets used?
OAuth2 implicit grant (token flow) does not work in IE/.Net Winform WebBrowser
Currently I'm developing a .Net WinForms desktop app. I initiate a token-based OAuth2 flow with this URL in IE11 (or to be more precise: the WebBrowser control of .Net WinForms): https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/authorize?response_type=token&client_id=<myappid>&redirect_uri=<myRedirectUrl>oauth_callback&state=<myState> I…
Dropbox APIs for creating a .tar.gz and appending data to it.
I need dropbox APIs which can create a .tar.gz file and append some data to it.
DropBox error: This app is currently disabled
I'm using the dropbox_sdk Ruby Gem and get an error of "This app is currently disabled." The access token that I'm using is freshly generate and I keep getting this error, even though my app is in development and not disabled.
File size limit
I am using dropbox sdk develop a android app. I would like to know the file upload and download restrictions? How much a specific size ? I am now using version dropbox-core-sdk-2.0.3
I would like to use dropbox syncing mechanism to my app, to upload images from my app.
Hi, I have an app which takes some number of images every day, and saves locally in sd card with date wise folder. so now i want to upload these pictures automatically in background to my dropbox account. I have created one account in dropbox, which should act like admin, in that all the users of my app, should be able to…
Questions about API and shared links
Hi, I want to use dropbox to sell software thru WordPress/woocommerce. My idea is to send an expiring link to customer (7 days) to download the software as soon as he successfully buy a product. I want to automatically create a new expiring link and send this link using an email.Of course the link should be different for…
Business API notifications for activity
Hello. I'm trying to get a notification when a team's user logs in, but so far I haven't found a reasonable way to do this. Since logins don't seem to trigger the webhooks, what I'm doing is: 1. Wait for any webhook notification (the user did something so he must have logged in recently). 2. Once received, take the list of…
How do I work with Client.AccountInfo?
I'm looking to check a user's email and verification status through Client.AccountInfo. I currently use a 3rd party JavaScript Core SDK, but it's syntactically the same as the Datastore JS API, at least the Common section of these docs. Anyway, I currently have a var client as a new Dropbox.Client() with the public key…
how to show folder in my IOS app?
i want to show my pdf,doc file and created any folder inside dropbox.here i got list of pdf file and doc file but i does not get any solution how to show folder.plz help me. this code i am using for showing doc , pdf file and i want show folder.which extension i use for showing folder in my IOS app? NSArray*…
Create folder automatically during file uploading in C# using Dropbox Core API
Suppose I have a Dropbox account and I want to upload a file in the path "/Client1/2016/filename.txt". There are no folder in my dropbox account either "Client1" or "2016". My requirement is When the file will upload it will automatically create the navigation path folder "Client1/2016/" and upload the file.Is it possible?…
API V2 /save_url error with URL from Google-drive
Dear Dropbox. I'm using Dropbox API V2. When I use 'save_url` with a URL from goolge-drive. Server reply for me status of job is `complete`. But file which is saved in my dropbox is error. Example: I need Dropbox save a image from a shared link of google-drive. URL from google-drive :…
Get single team member info .net V2
I want to get the account info of the admin of a team. I had the memberId of this admin and that is all. I get the memberId which is 41 characters long so I cannot use standard dropboxclient.GetAccountAsync()which is used for regular dropbox client. I noticed MembersGetInfoAsync() but that requires a List of members as…
how i am get base 64 file data ?
i am creating a IOS application.and i am using dropbox API for getting file(PDF,DOC) on dropbox and i want to send this file on server on base 64. i get all file(PDF,DOC) lists name.but i don't understand how i get the file on base64 format?
[Swifty] File download memory management
I noticed that for every GB I download to local file system via client.files.download, the app's memory usage increase by that amount. I imagine the Dropbox client doesn't keep the file in memory after it downloads the file, so it must be something that the rest of my app is doing. Can you confirm? Thanks.
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How do I uploading or attaching dropbox links using my own mobile app?
Is it possible to get extended file attributes?
Hi there, Is it possible to get extended file attributes (xattrs) for files using the Dropbox API? I know they are synced so there should be a way to access them using the API. Thanks, Götz
API v2: How to get metadata of deleted folder?
Is it possible to get metadata of a deleted folder using v2 API? We would like to get ID of folder which has been deleted.
Library jar file instead of gradle
Hello, I don't use gradle for my Java application. Do you have a library jar file that I can use? You used to have it in jar file for Api V1. Should I use V1 instead or what is your suggestion? Thank you
Get shared link already exists
Hello Dropbox, I am interesting to get a Share Url from file though Java Api 2.0.1. First of all I use SharedLinkMetadata var =client.sharing().createSharedLinkWithSettings("my path") to create the share link for mypath file. How I can get the already exist shared url to this file? I am trying the same thing and I take…
Access Token Changes Every time I use it
Hi, I'm working on a DIY motion detection project with a raspberry pi and I was able to save image files to my dropbox by using the generated access token (which is ridiculously long btw). My issue is that the token changes after every use. Is there a way to get a permanent access code? Thanks, Dan
Dropbox API V2 Sign out
Hi, I am developing an android app. It uses api v2 to upload images, sign in, and sign out. I don't know how to sign out from my app. Can you help me?

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