API
Discussion List
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Retrieve my api keys
Hi guys I have two apps that can access dropbox accounts How do I retrieve the api keys? Thanks
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User setup of Token and Secret
Hi Im a bit stuck...I need to give my net app access to a drop box account...mainly want the app to create shared folders. Im using the dropNet API How do I manually set the Token and Secret on the users dropbox account or how do I obtain it it is in the form of xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx Many Thanks
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thumbnailLink contains an invalid url
I'm creating an integration between my app and dropbox, but I can't figure out why the link inside of the thumbnailLink field is incorrect and not accessible. I'm using the Drop-in/Chooser api. If I try to open the link in the thumbnailLink field the dropbox api returning "error not found". Someone never happened the same…
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Connection monitoring as part of the Sync API
I'm using the Sync API in iOS and notice that it prints out warnings to the console when a network connection isn't available. It would be nice to be able to capture these warnings to drive app logic or turn them into alert messages for the user. I suppose I could use Reachability, but if Dropbox is already monitoring the…
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Prevent or restrict browsing shared datastores via web interface.
I am using shared datastores in my mobile application for order processing. The merchant is sharing their datastore with customers. The customers can view merchandise and place an order. This means the customer has read/write access to the shared database. This is all fine in the context of my application because I can…
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Retrieve link to dropbox folder in VBA
Using VBA (Access) I have automated copying a bunch of folders and files into a Dropbox folder. This process is repeated for several people (with different source folders and files) and I would really like to complete the automation by creating a standard email with a link to the Dropbox folder just created for them. At…
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API Version
We have a mobile app accessing Dopbox. We have cloned the app and customized it from another customer. I can use the old keys and can access Dropbox with new app. If I use the new keys created for the new app, I can't access it. Is there a new API that we need to change that wasn't required before?
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URL Unauthorized access error while accessing files from dropbox?
we are accessing having a problem in URL we have a file named xyx (1).jpg while passing this to server we are getting response as Unauthorized Access. May I Know how to pass this request to Server? Here am using DropBox API for Winrt C#.
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Auto authorize with Java client or Mule ESB component
Is there anyway to provide authorization automatically ? The usefulness of providing an API to interact with the data store in Dropbox and requiring a manual authorization is zero.
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Implementation of a Java 7 FileSystem over DropBox!
Hello, This project is currently under development but it basically works at the moment: https://github.com/fge/java7-fs-dropbox This means you can use the Files class to manipulate your dropbox repositories! Ie, if a path "src" is on your local filesystem and "dst" is on DropBox, you can do: Files.copy(src, dst); And it…
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Use Dropbox file revision for change-detection / core api
Hello, i would like to use the revision of a file to detect for change. Normally i would use its timestamp and or file-size on my local file system. But the dropbox-revision seems to be a good alternative. Now my question is, if the revision is dropped after 30 days (no pro or business account), how is the revision number…
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Drop-in Chooser on Windows Phone 8.1
Hi, On the previous dropbox forum I posted an issue regarding the Dropbox Chooser on Windows Phone. I stated that when using desktop mode on IE (windows phone) the dropbox chooser works as expected, and only on Mobile mode it did'nt work. I received the following answer on this topic: Hi There, I just tested and can't seem…
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Dropbox Business API 'bad request' error
Hi Team, we are using the Dropbox REST API with OAuth2. When attempting to get list of groups we are receiving an 'Error 400 bad request' error. Below is the sample code written in C#: var webRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://api.dropbox.com/1/team/groups/list"); webRequest.Method = "POST";…
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How to let non-Dropboxer upload file or look at file from a particular 'Directory' using Ruby on ...
Rails? Hi, Currently I'm building a web apps that can let non-Dropboxer upload file or look at a file from a particular 'Directory'? example: + My account has directory called 'ParticularDirectory' + Non-Dropboxer-1 upload 'file-1.txt' to 'ParticularDirectory' + Non-Dropboxer-2 upload 'file-2.odt' to 'ParticularDirectory'…
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Submitting an App for Production
Hey, I submitted my app a few days ago to Apple, and I need to get the dropbox side approved. I looked all over the developed documentation, and I couldn't seem to find anything that says that they need to test it or anything. Do I need to wait until my app is approved by Apple before I can submit it to Dropbox? Preferably…
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Alert in app when conflicted copy created
I am using the Dropbox Sync API in our iPad app. I would like to give my user a alert message when a conflict occurs for a file he is working on. Currently when a conflict happens, a conflicted copy gets created on the server and the file the user is working on gets synced to the conflicted copy. So any further changes…
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com.dropbox.core.DbxException$BadRequest: {"error_description": "code doesn't exist or has expir ...
ed", "error": "invalid_grant"} I uploaded successfully few files using the Dropbox API. But now I am receiving this message: com.dropbox.core.DbxException$BadRequest: {"error_description": "code doesn't exist or has expired", "error": "invalid_grant"} for this code final String APP_KEY = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"; final String…