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Partial upload
From all i have read on dropbox api it's still not clear for me - is there any way to update file (change part eg first 4 kilobytes) not by uploading whole updated file but only a part that had changed? As i understood desktop client uses it's own private api based on "binary diff" to be super fast. Or partial upload is…
Showing deleted files in API v2
Hi, I just played a little bit with your new cool API Explorer, really cool thing :) Unfortunately, I found out that there seems to be no way to list a folder with all of its current AND deleted files like it could be done with the old /metadata call and the include_deleted option. Am I right with this assumption? Whats…
Using API from Excel VBA
Hello, I'm trying to figure out how the API exactly works to download files from Dropbox from Excel VBA (2010, 2013). The main issue for now is how to get past the authorization part. I'v setup the app in de dev-corner. Status: Development Allow implicit grant: Disallow My https-request to Dropbox is:…
Linked Accounts
Hi, I've been left to maintain an Android application that on a couple of devices has stopped working, and I've traced it down to something which I believe is quite strange. I've typed in the code in question below rather than cut and paste, so excuse any typing errors. try { if (mgr.hasLinkedAccount()) { thisAccount =…
authorization from a java desktop application without the need to declare any redirect url (with ...
out the need for a server-side code to handle the access token) i have develop a JAVA desktop application and right now iam using a server-side code in apache-tomcat to make the authorization and get the access token, and everything is fine. But my partner inform me, that we should not use any web server software, so is…
WIn Store App: The binary Dropbox.Api.dll is built in debug mode.
Hi, I have linked Dropbox.Api.dll using NuGet package. (version 2.1.1) It looks like you have uploaded debug version. Sorry if I'm wrong. Of course, I can download sources from GitHub, but can you provide a solution how to continue using NuGet for Dropbox.Api? Regards, Andrey. Below is the message from Certification Test:…
[Swifty] File search pagination problem
I have a method that counts the number of files that match a query. I'm noticing a problem where the "start" parameter isn't respected. In other words, the following calls return the exact same result: https://gist.github.com/jamesfzhang/8f5ce1bbd79161377eef The documentation says the start parameter means "the starting…
How to get actual Version(revision) number of file containing multiple versions?
I have used "/revisions" to get the all version of file.But I am not getting actual versions of file by sequentially (getting it randomly like 1,4,11,15) Please see the below response of file containing 2 version. For this I expecting 1,2 [ { "revision": 4, "rev": "40000000d", "thumb_exists": false, "bytes": 0, "modified":…
Excessive cursor length
After retrieving a large amount of folders/file using the list_folder function the cursor used to keep track of what has been checked is incredibly long, would it be possible to impose some sort of length limit to this cursor? Cursor: http://pastebin.com/c42ntNR9
upload large file failed
I'm use Dropbox android v1 API,Everything is work fine but upload a large file that has 520MB
How to implement C# web application authentication without notifying user about authencation?
CSharp SDK await dbx.Files.UploadAsync(...) object gets disposed before upload
Hi, although I've mastered uploading text content to Dropbox, when trying to upload byte content (typical file, 18 MB), I get the error: "ERROR: The object was used after being disposed" The code is as follows, and the error was thrown in a try-catch in the second code block: using (var dbx = new DropboxClient("My_Token"))…
How to authenticate without browser/app in c# ?
How to authenticate without browser/app in c# ? I did all the operation on dropbox but at the start(only one time) it ask me for the username & password But I don't want any popup for authentication.I need to do it through code. Here is my sample code where popup out for username & password then I get the token: private…
What is root folder id
What is the root folder id? I use the explorer and even I type / or let it empty, I could not get the metadata of the root folder? Is anything I type wrong?
Access token expiry, Folder or file parentId,
Hello, I have multiple questions: 1.How to check if access token has expired? For the moment I created a new DropboxClient and if it is null I make a new request for another access token. 2.Is it possible to get the parent id of a folder or file? I've seen that every metadata of a file or a folder has an id , but they…
How we can show the Dropbox explorer in my .net(C#) web application like the following image?
I want to show the dropbox file explorer in my project(.net(C#)) and select the files from that dropbox and download the files in my machine like the following image.How it is possible?
Webhooks delay
We have been using webhooks in our app for processing changes to a user's library. We have run into an issue with the v2 /list_folder/continue with cursor calls. Whenever we get a user_id from webhooks, our app makes a call to the list_folder/continue API with the most recent cursor for the user (which we persist in our…
How do I get dropbox login working through a Universal Window Platform App?
Hi there, I was wondering if someone could help me with getting drop box login to work through my Universal Window Platform App. I have followed the steps through the following guide : https://microsoftedge.github.io/WebAppsDocs/en-US/win10/CreateHWA.htm , where it turns my website into a window store app but I can't seem…
API example for SwiftyDropBox v2.0 sharing
#!/usr/bin/pythonimport dropboxdbx = dropbox.Dropbox('ab-X')<SPAN…
Parsing CURL output [which is in JSON of course]
Use a JSON parser, I found the answer! stupid me.
Getting error while uploading larger files using php dropbox api
Hi There, We have used PHP Dropbox API to upload files to Dropbox account. But while uploading larger files (500MB from localhost (apache)) we are getting the following errors. Can you please look into this and help me out on this ASAP. Error Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'DropboxException' with message 'cURL-Error (56):…
Dropbox Chooser API doesn't work
I'm a newbie to mobile app development and I'm trying to follow this tutorial https://www.dropbox.com/developers-v1/dropins/chooser/android But the problem is when I click the button "Chooser", it pop-up a message like this so i cannot go to the next step (which is choosing a file). http://imgur.com/kuCOUBI If I click…
Beginner Projects, Videos, Etc. for API
Are there any beginner projects, documents, videos, etc for someone who is just picking up the API? I am trying to develop with in on ASP.NET MVC and so far I'm having a real tough time. For example, retrieving the accounts files (which should be a simple process) Here's what I have so far. If anyone might be able to help…
List Folder Latency
Hi, I'm using listFolder V2 API with include_media_info. It is very slow (few seconds to get 2,000 items) and I'm wandering if this is because my app has not been approved for production. V1's metadata (with list option true) was a lot faster and I'm trying to see what the expected latency is for these calls. Thanks.
Problem while using Sharing functions in dropbox java api v2
I am trying to use the sharing options provided in the Dropbox java api v2. But everytime I get an error saying "String 'id' does not match pattern" on almost all the functions I tried uptil now in sharing. Following is code snippet : ListFoldersResult shr_result = client.sharing.listFolders();…
file list from a folder ?
I am getting the files from rootfolder of dropbox using following code but now i want to get the list of files from a specific folder .How can i do it in .net? using (var dbx = new DropboxClient(user.DropboxAccessToken)) { var list = await dbx.Files.ListFolderAsync(string.Empty); }
Can I prevent my links getting banned, using the API?
I know that if my shared links generate too much traffic. It will be banned. I'm using Dropbox (Basic 50GB) as a server for my application to run which i'm sure will generate a lot of traffic. But, can i overcome this by using the Dropbox API.
Please Deprecate Dropbox-Api-Arg header in V2
Content-style endpoints accept parameters in JSON format using Dropbox-Api-Arg header. But HTTP header is not for transferring arbitrary data. Some JSON writers(serializers) produce character sequences which are not valid as HTTP Header values. So Please stop sending JSON Text directly as HTTP Header values. Some encodings…
Refused to display 'https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=m5e… ...
71%2Fapi%2FAccounts%2FAuthAsync&state=923c0910-4a2d-4a5d-8093-23468959263f' in a frame because it set 'X-Frame-Options' to 'SAMEORIGIN'. I am using dropbox sdk to login with dropbox and access its files now the situation is i need to show that login page in a bootstrap modal so for this i am using iframe but its giving me…
unknown tag 'xs' Error in API function call - Java SDK GetThumbnailBuilder
I'm recieving an error with the following message whenever I try to build a thumbnail: com.dropbox.core.DbxException$BadRequest: Error in call to API function "files/get_thumbnail": HTTP header "Dropbox-API-Arg": size: unknown tag 'xs' This error occurs after running this line of code.…

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