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Polling for metadata changes results in conflict files
I'm using the Dropbox Ruby api to download the metadata for a specific file every five minutes. When I see the file's revision change: file_metadata = client.metadata(SOME_FILE_PATH) current_revision = file_metadata['revision'] I download the file, parse it, and then do something with that data. My issue is that if other…
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Need to test for Dropbox file share url
I'm writing an email add-in program that needs to flag emails that contain dropbox file share links. I've searched here at the Community. I did find there is no way right now to detect invalid urls. I am looking for something close to that post, but my question is not the same because assumptions can be made about the url…
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Matlab API
Hello, Is there an API for Matlab to upload and download from my Dropbox? I browsed both the development page and the forum and did'nt find it. If there is no such an API, which way do you suggest to use Dropbox from Matlab? I am not allowed to install the Dropbox client in the computer. All the best, Fernando
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Increase Rate Limit
Hi, I have an app that is scanning through the users folders and files. However, I am hitting 429 error if I increase the amount of requests that I make. As I am trying to make the scan faster, is there a way to increase the rate limit so that I can make more requests per second for each user?
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Create shared link error tells me nothing
Hi, i'm doing a file search via dropbox.files_search("my folder path") and would like to create shared-links for each of the results via dropbox.sharing_create_shared_link(match.metadata.path_lower). It throws a CreateSharedLinkError and I'm not able to get any useful information out of this. Trying to catch exception as…
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Enable to get folder access recursively
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Multiple getFile - PHP
Hi, I'm currently making a website that requires multiple images to be downloaded with the dropbox API in one go (up to 300 at a time). Currently I am using this code, however I only ever seem to be able to download 46 images at a time before it stops. (I even tried upping max execution time) I'm working on making it just…
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Keep getting 'the request timed out' when try to download files
I am trying to download a whole folder (all sub folders and files under this folder should be downloaded) on iOS, but I keep getting 'the request timed out' error, like this: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out." UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x14f988de0 {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork…
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Get list of users for shared folder C# .NET
Trying to get a list of users (Membership) for shared folders and could use some help. static async Task Run() { using (var dbx = new DropboxClient("ACCESS TOKEN")) { FullSharedFolderMetadata metaName = new FullSharedFolderMetadata(); var list = await dbx.Files.ListFolderAsync(string.Empty); foreach (var item in…
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Downloading images - PHP
Hi, I'm trying to download an image with the dropbox SDK for PHP, in the future I'll hopefully use Delta to update. I'm having trouble saving the image as I'm not actually sure where the image is being stored in PHP. Currently I get a .jpeg file but it is un-openable, I presume it's actually text or something. The browser…
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Authentication Error on iOS (Core API v1)
There seems to be an authentication that might randomly happen the first time the app links to dropbox. (it happened in 2 out of 6 tries). However it seems to work correctly if the app is restarted. The flow is, Link to dropbox, when successful and when the focus returns to my app, i try uploading a file, then I get the…
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Select files dialog does not appear for firefox only when using dropbox api mf_dropbox_id
I created a sample mvc application and included following code in it. Include it on any page. var mf_dropbox_width=480;var mf_dropbox_id="03c14698019e70dede9ff2f115564f96af8f51dfd71439b44b03631f6cd44890"; The hyperlink select files does not work. Please click on the following link I found on web and when the page opens…
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Sync Photos folder with dropbox using Xmarin Ios
Hello Team, I'm developing mobile application using xamarin forms. I need to do a sync with dropbox of photos, database and folder. I have used Dropbox Sync & DataStore component. I have done with single file sync. But my scenario is like that, Suppose I'm capturing photo from app and when I save it in folder as well as…
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/list_folder/continue Always empty
I can't seem to return files from the /list_folder/continue API v2. I am using a development app with auto generated access token to do the following: 1. Call /list_folder/get_latest_cursor - which returns a cursor 2. Call /list_folder/continue - with the cursor just retrieved from the previous call. The { entries: [] }…
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photo_info should also include the image size
I am developing a custom image picker for iOS which shows local images but also images from remote sources like Facebook, Dropbox and Instagram. To reserve the space for the image thumbnail I need to know the original image size. With Facebook and Instagram I get the image size with the initial API call, with Dropbox I…
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SwiftyDropbox: "Client is already authorized"
I am calling setupWithAppKey in application:didFinishLaunching. Seems fine. Then, I call Dropbox.authorizeFromController from my viewController, and I immediately get this error: precondition failed: Client is already authorized: file /Users/gmadrid/Desktop/feedfile/Pods/SwiftyDropbox/Source/DropboxClient.swift, line 58 It…
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Pagination / Lazy loading in fetching metadata of files
I want to implement pagination i.e. want to fetch limited files' metadata at a time and on next click the further files. I am not able to find any suitable method in Core Java API for dropbox regarding the same. So can anyone please suggest which method should I use in order to get paginated results ? Thanks in advance.
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Chooser get file names on upload
Hat to say it but for me the DropBox API docs are not very clear at all (OK that also goes for other API's as well e.g. MrG's Drive) but hey ho . My need is actually simple - well it should be but based on the examples - ummm they don't work .... I am using 'Chooser' because it's nice and simple for my 'users' but can I…
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Dropbox error 400 invalid_request when loading all paths of the users files
I am getting the above error while trying to get the users metadata using the next method as presented in the dropbox tutorial: [restClient loadMetadata:@/]; What is interesting about this error is that I only get it once when the suer authenticates for the first time on a new build and it doesn't reproduce if relaunch the…
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Terms for Dropbox Utility
I'm making an app that improves the online user experience for dropbox. It currently is structured as a chrome extension, and only runs on request when on a dropbox page. Am I allowed to use dropbox-related icons, such as this loading animation: https://dribbble.com/shots/647290-Hold-on-a-sec-animated-Dropbox-logo ?
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Null Entries Variable When Retriving Metadata
public void onFolderShow(View v) { try { Entry entries = mDBApi.metadata("/", 100, null, true, null); } catch (DropboxException e) { (Toast.makeText(this, "Exception: "+e.getLocalizedMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG)).show(); } } I can't understand why the "entries" variable keeps returning "null". The desired result is…
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[Android] Error when trying to call com.dropbox.client2.DropboxAPI#getFileStream
From one of our users have problem with get file from application folder under dropbox. Error occur in call com.dropbox.client2.DropboxAPI#getFileStream with the next stack trace Caused by: java.lang.Error: Error: could not match input at org.json.simple.parser.Yylex.yylex(:5000) at…
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n00b-iest question ever: What url is the Saver parameter referring to?
I've registered an app that I run off of localhost. I have gotten the Chooser to work. But the only way I can get the saver to not give me a 403 error is to use as its parameter the dropbox url that Chooser returns to me when I download a file. That URL is of the form www.dropbox.com/s/fjdksdlgadasdgflkj/file%20name.txt…
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Dropbox REST API mostly using POST
Hi there, from the Blog entry about the new API: "Overall, we’ve simplified our use of HTTP. For example, most endpoints always use HTTP POST, including those that return structured data." I was wondering, what is the benefit of using one verb (POST) for mostly all calls? I know that you can describe DELETE and PUT/PATCH…
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Video HLS and Different formats
https://www.dropbox.com/developers-v1/core/docs#media leads directy to a file, in source quality I assume. What I want to know is: Is HLS available for content in dropbox for the API users? If yes, which APIs are used to gain access to HLS streams? I'm guessing /media returns a progressive download stream, Is trans-coded…
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Drop-in Saver for client-generated data?
I want a simple process for saving client-generated content (e.g. blobs generated from bytearrays such as zip files, canvas images, or other binary data generated inside the browser in javascript) up to the end users own dropbox, on a button click. The user would not have to authenticate until the click, since there are…
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api.dropbox.com/1/team/log/get_events help with parameters
I can't figure out what's wrong with my request to get_events. It works fine without the date parameters. The documentation is here. I've tried it: "start_ts:" 1441374492 "start_ts:" "1441374492" "start_ts:" 1441374492000 (in case they really want milliseconds - see other post) $token =…