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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…
Python module has no __version__ attribute
The following Python code throws the exception AttributeError("'module' object has no attribute 'version'",): import dropbox print(dropbox.version) What is the recommended way to discover the currently installed Python module version number at runtime?
Can't get snapshot when link to Datastore on other devices
I am an iOS developer of a note-taking app. I tried Datastore to sync notes, which is so fast, that I have faith on it. However I tried to use it with my own database (Core Data) and ran into some problems. I don't use Datastore as my main database is because I also have an iCloud sync option. It works fine at first. But…
editing DBRoulette-Infor.plist in ioS SDK example
In the instructions for editing the example project (DBRoulette) in the Dropbox iOS SDK : https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/sdks/ios contains the instruction: "Your app key is also needed in DBRoulette-Info.plist file so the app can register for the correct url scheme. To do this, find the file under the Resources…
Download file from Dropbox to local android Java
I spent some days on this code without finding the solution. Could you help me please? I want to download a file from a Dropbox account to the application storage (local memory). When I open the file for the first time, the application crashes then when I restart the application, the file can be open from the local memory.…
Sync API and caching
Hello, I'm using the sync API to upload and download a drawn image across iOS devices. I've added a file system observer to respond to any file changes. However the API caching of the image seems to be causing issues. The image uploads fine, I can see it updated on Dropbox, I'm getting notified on my other device of the…
Test webhooks implementation with self-signed certificate?
I'm setting up use of Dropbox webhooks in a web application. I'd like to do the development on my local machine. I can access my local machine via https from the Internet, but when I try to add the URL as a webhook URI I found that it requires the SSL certificate to not be self-signed. Is there a way to do testing on a…
DropBox 403 error iOS
Hi I have logged through the Drop box API But when i try to open a PDF file i get this 403 error. Images and music can opened but not file It worked perfectly before but has stopped working now Any help is appreciated
Business API - Audit Log - Share event missing critical information
I am building a Security Audit solution for "Dropbox for Business" clients. The main information source is the new Business API - Audit Log endpoint (https://api.dropbox.com/1/team/log/get_events) In sharing events, there seem be to two different way of referencing the Shared Folder Events that specify the folder's full…
Best practices for using the core [http] api
I am using ruby ( and don't want to use the sdk) to access the core API and to authenticate the user. In that process it is said in the documentation that I should handle the API errors included directly in the body of the response. ("Errors are returned using standard HTTP error code syntax. Any additional info is…
Exif Data using PHP API
Hi, The metadata I get using the PHP API ($dbxClient->getMetadataWithChildren()) does not include the exif data. I am specifically looking for latitude and longitude data. How can I get this data with the PHP API, or some other way using PHP? Thanks, Mark

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