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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…
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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
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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…
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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
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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.
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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?
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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 =…
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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…
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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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Applying for Production Credentials with Private App
I'm a developer at SaaS company using the Dropbox API to automate file uploads for our service. I'm in the middle of the 'Apply for Production Credentials' questionnaire and am stuck on the "Please supply instructions for us to test your app and its integration with Dropbox. (optional for mobile apps)" question.…
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Code to download file from dropobx to android app
Hello, I want code for downloading file from dropbox to android app. I have searched for many codes. But they didn't work. Please help for downloading file. Thank you.!!
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I want to upload multiple files to dropbox using PHP API, but it isn't working.
I am trying to create a library of projects. For each projects multiple files will be there. So while posting a project, i need to slelect multiple files and upload them on the server. Users can view the project and can download the files as required by them. But multiple file upload option is not working.
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JS SDK: 500 internal server error
I am using Datastore JS SDK to store my app data in Dropbox Datastore. The dropbox server returns 500 internal server error as API response. This issue happens many times in a day. I am using the latest datastore JS SDK. Thanks.
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Unique identifier for file or folder
The most of the APIs returns path as an attribute for files or folders. eg. "/log/get_events" API. Now as a dropbox for Business Admin would have no control on identify the file if two users have same path attributes owned by different members. So the question arises that is there a unique identifier for file or folder…
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How to use disable_access_token
Hi Dropbox, in your API you describe a Method called "disable_access_token". How does this method work? What are the parameters? When i call it, it says {"error": "No auth method found."} Can you give me an example? Thanks...
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Get "Retry-After" header in Android
I'm working on the error-handling for my new Android app right now and can't seem to figure out where to extract the "Retry-After" header if a 429 error is returned. The javadocs seem to have nothing on this. I'm using the Dropbox Android SDK 1.6.3. I am using e.error in my catch(DropboxServerException e) block to get the…
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Manual Synchronising across more than one device
Hi, I must be missing something, I am writing an app in Xamarin C#, the basic requirement is that the app will have access to two folders on Dropbox under the App folder, the first folder is for the specific device, the second folder is a shared folder so that the same app on different devices can share the data. The first…