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Adding development users to App Folder application
Hello, I've enabled development users within my application but I'm not sure how to give access to the app folder to them. Any insight? Thanks.
Dropbox for Business API Invalid Access Token
I'm writing an .Net app but I'm not able to authenticate with a Dropbox for Business app. I have created an app in the App Console. * App type: Dropbox for Business * Permissions: Team member file access I then pressed the "Generate" token button to begin testing my app. I'm using the eaxmples from dropbox-sdk-dotnet…
Dropbox for Business Token: Access token is for an invalid team
Hello! I'm writing an app against Dropbox APIs but I am struggling to authenticate. I have created an app in the App Console. * App type: Dropbox for Business * Permissions: Team member file access (I have also tried Team member management) I then pressed the "Generate" token button to begin testing my app. Whenever I…
Wrong character case of folder name when calling listFolder using Sync API
I'm traversing a folder hierarchy and have come across a strange anomaly in the letter case of one of my folders. When I call listFolder to get the hierarchy of my folders, everything seems normal until it gets down to the third level. For example, when I fetch the 2nd level in the hierarchy, I get the correct case for all…
Copy the authorization code.Where it is sufficient to copy?
API v2 removed file type permissions
Out of curiosity, can anyone from Dropbox explain why API v2 removed file type permissions? In v1, an app can request to only access image files (more info here). This gives the user confidence that the app won't do anything inappropriate using their Dropbox account. If an app only wants to access image files (like how…
Your app is not currently allowed to use the API v2 beta API. error from SwiftyDropbox v1.0.2 af ...
ter upgrading Xcode to v7.2 Since upgrading Xcode to 7.2, I have not been able to download my test text file from Dropbox with my app via the iOS simulator or on device. The error message is: Download error: Optional([request-id b1786dbc15c95f302d9397134c3406b2] Bad Input: Error in call to API function "files/download":…
SwiftyDropbox API Error
After doing all the steps you indicated here --> https://blogs.dropbox.com/developers/2015/05/try-out-swiftydropbox-the-new-swift-sdk-for-dropbox-api-v2/ I could logged in a client successfully but then if I want for example to retrieve user's data with client.usersGetCurrentAccount function, I always got the same error:…
How to change application access type
HI all, I have created an app that enables to access to Dropbox with access type "App folder – Access to a single folder created specifically for your app.". Now I want to change the application permission to access type "Full Dropbox– Access to all files and folders in a user's Dropbox." How can I do that? I do not see…
java api+tomcat: HttpsURLConnectionOldImpl cannot be cast to HttpsURLConnection
When using the client API on a web app under tomcat, it would seem that all client requests I've tried so far give me this error: com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionOldImpl cannot be cast to javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection For example: using a string token created from the control panel for…
Can I Create App With My FUll Storage 1TB
I Have Pro Account, But While Create App, App Show Me 2GB Space, Can I Use 1TB Space In App ?
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A task was canceled when downloading large files.
In my .net(C#) application I am trying to download the files from the dropbox using dropbox client and its working fine with the small files like 10mb but when i try to download larger files then its giving me the "A task was canceled." and i think this exception is related to timeout.How can i solve this issue beacuse i…
How can I tell if a file is completely downloaded?
I have a client that I'm in the beginning stages of writing an app for. I'm going to be using DropBox to distribute video files to remote servers that will automatically play all of the video files in the media folder back. I don't need to upload files or do any sort of authentication. What I do need, however, is to know…
API V2 Can't get large file Upload working
Some context for the following: 1) DBAPIMetadata is just my wrapper for Files.Metadata that I can pass to Objective-C 2) The BGHelper at the end (when the call is not on the MainThread) just call the function On the main thread and blocks the background thread until it completes. Basically any calls on the main thread are…
How to setup expire of shareable url for dropbox resource?
Is there a way to setup expiration time of URL at Dropbox? I'm using DbxClientV1 to create a URL. DbxClientV1 client; client.createShareableUrl("/RVAdata/test/test/Daily_Summary_Reports/Modified.pdf")); DbxUrlWithExpiration createTemporaryDirectUrl =…
async usage in examples
I have a question regarding the API v2 examples as a whole. All of the examples supplies use async calls. even for login. However you use task.wait() after the Task creation which essentially makes the call synchronous as the program waits for the task to complete. You use async threads if those threads do operations that…
HTTP API v2 files/search: not recursive until select top-level folder?
I'm using v2 of the API and running into an unexpected situation with the files/search HTTP endpoint. Wondering if this is a configuration issue or expected behavior. I'm trying to list of a user's files of a certain type. With v1 of the api, you could set path: '' and query: '.xls'. When I use v2 of the API and hit the…
The operation couldn’t be completed. (dropbox.com error 1000.)
I am developing an app that uses Dropbox SDK to download files from user dropbox account. I am able to list contents and contentMetadata, but when i try to download them i am always getting the following error: DropboxSDK: error making request to /1/files/dropbox//SuiteJuridica/navigationBar-start.png - (1000) Error…
Dropbox Chooser on Cordova
There is not any workaround with the response : {"error":"invalid_origin"} when tryng to use Dropbox Chooser on a cordova app ?
SwiftyDropbox Error Handling
Hello! I’ve been working with SwiftyDropbox and I’m having a curious problem with errors. Specifically, I’m not sure how to manipulate errors in the closure callbacks provided after responses are received. For instance, the completion handler for Dropbox.authorizedClient.filesListFolder provides a…
Delta reset field in API V2
Hi, In the API V1 the /delta call returns a field called reset which I can't seem to find in V2 when I look under the /list_folder methods. Is this or similar information available in V2 API or not? Need to know if the delta has been reset since the last delta retrieval. Thanks.
Getting error: "This app is not allowed to query for scheme dbapi-2" after upgrade to version 1. ...
3.13 for iOS I recently upgraded my dropbox SDK to version 1.3.13 to support 64-bit devices. However, I am now getting the error: -canOpenURL: failed for URL: "dbapi-2://1/connect" - error: "This app is not allowed to query for scheme dbapi-2" Do I need to generate a new key to use this version? Thanks
password protected zip fil is not uploaded using files_upload method (Python)
I am trying to upload a zip file using the files_upload method. When I use a regular zip file (not password protected) it works. However, when I use a password-protected zip file the process takes a long time and eventually output the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File…
API v2 permanently delete files
Hi, I've been trying to use the new files/permanently_delete endpoint of the v2 API but I constantly get an error 400. It seems to be the case that standard Apps are not allowed to use this endpoint. Is there any reason for this? Because for old Packrat users it can be very useful to have a purge call. Best regards, Markus
OAuth 2.0 - IOS API V 2.0
Hello ! I use the the version API dropbox 1.0 for my app IOS, the new 2.0 is only swift and i can not use it because my app use only object-c. So now i use API 1.0 for generate autentication DBSession restClient etc then use "https://api.dropboxapi.com/1/oauth2/token_from_oauth1" for access_token and call via HTTP the new…
Is there a way to search through the content of csv?
I would like to search through content of .csv files. Why is it impossible? I thought .csv are just text files. Are there any plans that dropbox allows this feature in the near future?
The request was redirected
I am using angularJs with webapi and now i want to upload a file on dropbox after login in my webproject on click of a upload button.I have made an api to go the login page of dropbox and after login i want to redirect it to my own page again by redirect url.But when i am calling the webapi its giving the correct url but…
Differentiating between deletes and updates while processing user library changes
In the V1 APIs dropbox files didn't have an id field, we had to rely on the path as the unique identifier for a file. So, when processing changes to a user's dropbox library such as a file rename or a move we get two metadata delta entries - one for the delete and the second with the updated path for the move or the…
http request, oath 2.0 - How to download a file as chunk.
i want download a file chunk when request a file range ex: file have 2050 byte, i want download file with http request, oath 2.0 by request range 0-1023, 1024-2047, 2048-2049. then how i do it? thank for read.

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