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See who Folders are Shared with?
We have a lot of sensitive information for various clients in our DropBox account. We would like to know who has shared access to our files. Can some type of option be provided so that will allow us to see who files are shared with.
Search & Download from Dropbox Folder by filename
Hello, I want to create a file retriever on my website that is a simple input text box. My clients can enter a particular code I provide them with and if their code matches the filename of one of the files in that folder, the file will download to their computer. I am a photographer and am trying to automate the way that…
up-to-date version of a DropBox shared file
Dear DropBox Support Team, We would like to develop an application that would automatically display an up-to-date version of a DropBox shared file. In order to do so, we would like to verify that; once assigned, the address of a shared file remains unchanged so our application can automatically update the invited parties.…
Is there any way to use the dropbox chooser with a non-https web application
Hello, I found the dropbox chooser and it looks like a great idea. However, I can't use it because I can't add a non-https redirection url on the settings page of my app. Is there any way for me to use the dropbox chooser without https? Thank you, Daniel
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how to integrate dropbox with my website in asp.net plz help me
Request for (unusual) account assistance
Hello DropBox team, Silly oversight on my part. I started working on a feature addition for my company to allow files to be saved to a user's DropBox using your pluggable widget. It works great! However I neglected to migrate the app over to a company DropBox account before it went live and now the app rests on my personal…
OAuth 2.0 - Server to server authentication
Hello, Is it possible to do server-to-server authorization using Dropbox API? (without prompting a user) This is an example: https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2ServiceAccount Best regards, Anthony
OAuth 2.0 usage in IE 11 issue in redirection
Hi, I am using OAuth 2.0 Client side implicit flow to get access token. On first attempt it will prompt oauth dialog to allow to deney, when i allow it will be redirected to the given redirect url with access key as part of fragment. The token got expired after some time. and tried to get access token second time with same…
How can i use Sync API to check if a file is deleted by other computer?
We are evaluating Sync API for our file sync function in a new app. Our app stores user data in local file system and allow them to sync the local file system with a folder in users' dropbox account. Here comes a question: When we compare all local files with their remote correspondences. If there is a file exists in…
Wufoo -> Dropbox -> Webapp - How to get user uploaded files from the directory in a gallery montage?
Greetings I'm using Wufoo (a form design app - basiclly a form) so user can upload their photo into the form. Those pictures are stored in Dropbox. I want my website (a PHP file) to be able to get those images, crop them and display them in a nice format (some mosaic gallery of the photos). User would then be able to see…
Drop-in Saver
Hey guys, I'm struggling to implement a single drop-in saver button on a blank html document running from local host. I tried copying the dropins.js and referencing it locally but am unsure what else I could try to get a single upload button working. my code for reference: <!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"> <head> <meta…
iOS / OS/X interaction.
Hi, I have an iOS app that is working pretty well. It's using core data and Dropbox to sync between user devices. I now want to add in OS/X functionality. Can you point me to best practice for this. Thanks
C# API implementation
I've implemented a full client implementation of the REST API of Dropbox in C#: https://github.com/saguiitay/DropboxRestAPI I would love to get some feedback.
Move Dropbox folder
in linux I have moved the local dropbox folder using this python script --> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/119154/permalink/dropboxdir.py How do I script to do the same in windows?
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python sdk and app for business/teams
I am following the tutorial on using the python sdk and when it comes to calling account_info() it fails with a 401 error. My app is a business app as I am writing something to performs some automation for our team members. Dropbox says that the app is authorized. When I make this call 'access_token, user_id =…
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Dropbox\Exception_NetworkIO' with message 'Error executing HTTP ...
request: error:14094410:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:
How do I define an App_key and App_secret
I have a utility to access my dropbox account and pull files from the drop box and load it into my application. How do I go about doing that?
Can I find a file on dropbox, if I only know the file name not the path ?
Was hoping to be able to scan Dropbox using an API for files being uploaded with a specific (known file name), does any know if this can be done ?
How do you download individual files inside a shared folder?
Hi, I'm writing a program in Swift. I would like to download individual files in a shared folder. I know their names. Is there a way to create a URL based on the link of the shared folder and the file names? I have noticed that if you share the files individually their prefix URL is different, even though they are in the…
DMCA Takedown Notice on Empty RAR File
Hi there, I was testing a third party app using the Dropbox API and I noticed that an empty RAR file created using WinRAR would not download through the third party app, but it would download from the Dropbox web client directly. So I dug around a bit and noticed that the server response was 461-DMCA takedown notice from…
Is there an API for downloading shared files?
Hi, I'm writing a program in Swift/Objective-c to download a file that is shared on Dropbox. I have a link to the shared file. Does Dropbox allow such a download? Is there a Dropbox API for this operation? If there's no Dropbox API, does the normal URL request API's work with Dropbox? I have tried iOS NSURLConnection with…

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