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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?
Unable to retrieve folder revisions through /metadata using rev parameter.
When I attempt to retrieve a folder's specific revision through /metadata I get back an error indicating that the rev is invalid or outdated. The documentation is worded such that this seems to be a valid thing to request. And it makes sense since it seems like the rev should change in between deletes and creates. Maybe…
Android SDK crash
Hi. I have implemented Dropbox API in my android app. After released the app to public, I got a number of crash report from the Dropbox SDK. No sure what is the root cause. The issue seems to happen on a varieties of devices. Please help! Thank you so much. java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method…
API fails to autorename the files with large file size
Hi, I am facing issue with autorenaming of uploaded files. The API fails to autorename the files with large file size where as the smaller files are getting renamed properly. Details of the issue are as follows: I am Trying to Upload a file of size 606KB which has been uploaded previously through Postman with following…
Memory leak on iOS SDK 1.3.14
Dear Dropbox Developers, I found a memory leak issue with the last Dropbox SDK on iOS with Xcode 6.4 running on iPhone4S. So far I confirmed that the memory leak occurs when files are uploaded. To reproduce the issue, just use the sample project "DSRoulette". Create a button on the UI and link it to the following method. -…
Dropbox large file upload
Trying to upload big files with below code. String upload_id = dbxFiles.uploadSessionStart().finish().getSessionId(); byte[] temp = new byte[CHUNK]; int size = inputStream.available(); int cursor = 0; while (cursor < size) { int totalRead = 0; if ((size - cursor) < CHUNK) { temp = new byte[size - cursor]; totalRead =…
Dropbox file uploading not showing 409 error
I'm uploading file using Dropbox core API. I have written the upload code like- RequestResult strReq = OAuthUtility.Put ( <SPAN…
Dropbox account for users without creating an app for every user account
I have a Dropbox account and I have created/ registered an app in App Console. Then using the App key/ App secret for the created app and using OAuth process I have stored my access token in my Asp.Net project database table.I could upload/ download/ delete files from my Dropbox account.There are many users in the project…
Checking if download has completed
My language is Java. I need to download a file from Dropbox and then I need to run it. The problem is that if I run it too early, it won't run, and everyones' download speeds are different so there is no way of knowing when it is completed. Is there a function for in the API, or any way of knowing? Thanks.
Invoking context menu from elsewhere
Hi folks -- I'm working on an application which stores data in a non-Dropbox folder, and sometimes syncs the contents to a Dropbox folder. I'm already implementing a Windows context-menu handler for my app, which appears when you right-click the non-Dropbox folder -- and I'd love to include some sort "Share on Dropbox"…
Download all files using Python Dropbox API
Im looking for the tutorial to list all the files and folder, then i get https://blogs.dropbox.com/developers/2013/12/efficiently-enumerating-dropbox-with-delta/. But I still get error when run the code. So that, I can download some or all files using dropbox API. Anyone has solution for this? Many thanks.

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