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Is it possible for /delta or any other API to return just the first-level children of a given pa ...
th_prefix? I am trying to create a list of files/folders for a given path. I only want to have the first-level or the direct children of the path. But, the /delta API seems to be doing a DFS.
Upload a directory including all its files and sub-directories
I’m trying to upload a directory to Dropbox along with all its contents including any sub-directories and its contents using the Python API. I can upload files OK and even create new Dropbox folders. I wonder if anyone has a solution for this. Any help or code examples would be greatly appreciated. Below the error message…
Dropbox integration using REST API in web appication
Sir, I have done authentication using REST API and OAuth 2.0 and get Access Token and Access token secret . Now I want to retrieve all files present in dropbox and show them in my web application in list form. Please help me as soon as possible Thank you
Android API File Upload
We are working to developing an android application for physical photo printing. I would like to leverage Dropbox to act as our file repository. Using dropbox core api's( for android ), is it possible to upload selected photos from users phones to a shared folder on dropbox? The photos uploads will happen on new folders(…
Future of API folder sharing
Creating a shared folder via the API is currently impossible (please correct me if I am wrong). However, this is possible via the create folder flow on dropbox.com and the mobile application. With the recent release of viewing shared folders via the api (/shared_folders) is it reasonable to expect that creating and editing…
URI misatch
Hello, I code a web service in .net/C# and I use the oauth2. I succeed to do the authorization : https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/authorize with params : client_id, state, response_type and redirect_uri My redirect_uri is a call to another part of my web service. Inside, I call the next step :…
Using previously acquired OAuth2 token with the Java SDK
I'm trying to get a list of folders in a users account to present as a list of choices to upload a photo to. I already have a manually built OAuth2 flow working to allow a user to link their Dropbox account and I store the access token gained from that process. I can use that token to successfully make calls to the REST…
authenticating your app (code has expired error)
Hi there, I am following the steps mentioned here https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/start/java. but when I run the java program for second time, it says that "code has expired (within the last hour)", "error": "invalid_grant". What should I do? Especially, my question is how to set the access to the app so that the…
Error 4xx while downloading a file through API which has second word's intials H for eg. (DX Haley)
We are using Dropbox API with Oauth 2.0 to download a file, Its giving us the Error 4xx page. The name of the file is 'DX Haley'. It happens only when the second word in the file name start with letter 'H'. Works fine with other files but as soon as we change file names second word to H it stops working. For eg. the same…
Create Web Interface linked to Dropbox
Hi, I have a product design company and we use dropbox for sharing files with colleagues and customers around the world. I'm interested in developing a web-based (PC and Mobile) application that links to dropbox. The application will be a hub for file uploads, guiding users through drop-down menus and free-text entries.…
Saver Drop-in authentication for download files
I use Saver Drop-in to save files from my site to user DropBox. However I want to use forms or windows authentication in my site also for download file url's. var options = { files: [ // You can specify up to 100 files. {'url': '...', 'filename': '...'}, {'url': '...', 'filename': '...'}, // ... ], Is it possible to ensure…
Having trouble with Java's Dropbox API
Hi, I've been experimenting with the Java Dropbox API, but Eclipse for some reason marks this line as an error and it throws an exception when I try to run the sample program: contents = JsonArrayReader.mk(Reader, collector).readField(parser, fieldName, contents); It marks readField as 'not applicable' though I have no…
Hide asking confirmation on login
Hello, is it possible to remove the authorization popup everytime on logging in? If once user is logged in i don't need to show the popup in next login. Is it possible?
Python error when setting up access for my App to Dropbox account
Hi, I'm new to this and need some help with setting up access with my Dropbox app to a Dropbox account using Python. When running the code I get the error shown below. I have inserted the app and secret codes into it. Plus the app has an API token. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. See python code below error…
Can I create dropbox user programetically like using REST API or using JAVA API?
Rate Limit
I'm considering writing an alternative Dropbox client for Windows, because the official client seems to have a couple of major (for me) issues that don't seem to be going away any time soon: * Indexing on startup is very slow (~4 hours for 85K files), during which time the machine is almost unusable due to both the CPU and…
The remote server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required
Hi Team, We are currently using dropbox.api for c#. While calling GetCurrentAccountAsync() method, We are getting Error like below "The remote server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required" Please guide us how to resolve this issue
Upload differences instead of entire files
Does the Dropbox API support uploading changed portions of files, rather than whole files? For example, when a large file changes I only want to send the changed portions, rather than the whole file. I see the v1 API has /chunked_upload, while v2 has /upload_session/start, but AFAICS these only allow for uploading entire…
How to get email_address of a member of shared folder ?
I am creating an application which need email address of all members of a shared folder. The "metadata" API call with "include_membership=true" gives member's display name and uid. Is there any way to get email address of members? May be something like make the call as account admin ?? Thanks in advance. Manish
We are integrating dropbox for iOS and andriod, Is their any option to share the file url throug ...
h application. We are integrating dropbox for iOS and andriod, Is their any option to share the file url through application.
ID for files
I would like to have an unique ID for each file that is persisted across renames, moves and revision. In this Stack Overflow question you said you were tracking it as a feature request (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15209512/dropbox-file-unique-identifier-restful-api). Any news?
DropboxOAuth2FlowNoRedirect().finish() does not return user_id
Hey, when using DropboxOAuth2FlowNoRedirect().finish() it doesn't return the user_id of the user authorizing it. Tested with the following code: flow = dropbox.client.DropboxOAuth2FlowNoRedirect(dropbox_app_key, dropbox_app_secret) authorize_url = flow.start() print("Auth URL: " + authorize_url) result =…
How to download file from Dropbox using javascript dropbox api
I tried to download a file from Dropbox using Core Api with javascript(without using chooser api). Here is the method I have written. function download(path, token){ var url = "https://api-content.dropbox.com/1/files/auto/" + path; var result; var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.onreadystatechange = function() { if…
How can I upload PDF by SwiftyDropbox?
I am new to SwiftyDropbox. I attempted to upload PDF from iOS App. func uploadPDF(filename: String, fullPath: String){ if let data = NSData(contentsOfFile: fullPath){ client.filesUpload(path: filename, body: data).response{ response, error in if let metadata = response { println("Uploaded file name: \(metadata.name)")…

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