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User root folder path in organizational user accounts where Team space is enabled
I'd like to know how to easily obtain the user root folder path in organizational user accounts where Team space is enabled. For user accounts where Team space is disabled, the URL to a user's file looks like this: https://www.dropbox.com/home/foo/bar/baz However, for organizational user accounts with Team space enabled,…
Downloading and uploading files from dropbox .net sdk using my own account
Hi im new to developing with dropbox and im having a hard finding the following info. im using dropbox .net sdk to upload and download images from my own account i set up a little test using the generated access token from developer app portal, this token is short lived (starts with sl.) i've seen based on some question…
Help to create a No expiration Token
Hello there is someone for help me to activate No expiration Tokens
Way to search by property value?
I am assigning a custom property value to a file. Is there a way to search by it? I don't see property groups in your search example for: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/search_v2 How do I make sure that my query only matches a property group value?
400 Client Error: Bad Request for url: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/create_folder_v2
Hello, I can't get my code Python to work. Can you help me? import dropboximport requests # Remplacez ceci par votre propre jeton d'accès OAuth 2ACCESS_TOKEN = 'Mytoken' # Remplacez ceci par l'ID de l'utilisateur spécifique que vous souhaitez sélectionneruser_id = ('dbid:Myid') # Initialisez le client Dropboxclient =…
Shared Access to Folders within the App
I have my app set up and running as I want it to, but now I need to make sure that I can share access to individual folders with others within my app. As I was reading up on this I read: Full Dropbox You get full access to all the files and folders in a user's Dropbox. Your app should use the least privileged permission it…
How to get account object for file uploader?
We have an app that's using team-scoped credentials. A particular file has a `modified_by` attribute that returns an account ID. We have a team-scoped resource (created by constructing a `DropboxTeam` object). That has a `as_user()` method which takes a member id, but this obviously doesn't work for it. We tried…
Download on scoped app
I got a Scoped App (App Folder) where I put a JPG image and now I want to download it with my Javascript app, on a Node JS environment. When I try to use the "filesDownload" method, I get the error "Error in call to API function "files/download": Path root is not supported for sandbox app.". I'm calling the function with a…
Where can I check the response of the API support ticket?
Hi, I am wondering where can I check the response of the API support ticket? The ticker is submitted here: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/contact
Is the python dropbox api thread safe?
I'm using different dropbox contexts created with dropbox.Dropbox(...). In my application, I have two or more contexts sharing the same target account (and Console Apps) at a time. Example: contexts c1, c2 and c3 use the account foo@mail.com (App Foo) and c4, c5 use the account asd@mail.com (App Asd). Can I use all of them…
How to programmatically get the Authorization code without requiring the user approval in OAuth 2.0
Hi, I need to get approve code programmatically without this form via c# code this is my code How it should be modified in order to get approve code automatically without user actions ? Thanks in advance
File path has changed after 21. October update
Hello! We are using Dropbox to read and write files through API. We have a team folder that is called /Company's shared workspace and we used to send all files to this folder. Today, when I tried to read some files from our Software, which is integrated with Dropbox via API, I got a lot of errors like DownloadError('path',…
Building a new app seeking advice on where to start looking
I am creating a mobile app for our "operators" to access a database held in our Dropbox. I will need them to access their database file, download it to their tablet, modify the file during their work day then replace the file in the Dropbox. I have made the file available offline in the Dropbox app on the tablet and copy…
Vb.Net can upload a file to dropbox
Can you help me guys? Im trying to upload my first file to dropbox using vb.net. But Still have error: Status-Code:0, Content-type:0 My code below, can you correct me where do I do a mistake? Public Sub Main() Dim sourceFile As String = "C:\Users\rw\Desktop\Proximus_logo.png" Dim data As Byte() =…
https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/list_folders should return all folders user can access?
Hi, I've been looking at the below endpoint, forgive me if this is a silly question. Should this return all folders I can access in the dropbox ui? https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/list_folders I'm making a request to a users Dropbox using this header Dropbox-API-Select-User with the user id. This works with out any…
One user can't see his Dropbox folders or files in my iOS app
My iOS app has had the Dropbox API integrated into it for several years. Our users use it to save and load files into our app. This week one user reported that it's not showing any of their folders or files EXCEPT their "Vault" folder. He has sent screenshots of his Dropbox contents on both his Mac and iOS Dropbox App and…
Trying to move files in Powershell gives Error 404
Good day all, I am new to dropbox development and am trying to do something simple, post a file to one directory (done) and then have another script move that file to another directory after downloading it. I am just working on the move piece and keep getting a 404 error and nothing seems to work. And the…
Dropbox scoped-app folder: Visibility of uploaded files to other users
We have a scoped-app, which mounts a folder owned by the app into my account. By piecing-together an invitation URL, we can mount it into other users' accounts as well (all are licensed under a team account). We can formulate a URL to generate an offline access-token, but we couldn't see any events for user operations…
dbx.files_move Error
I am getting Error listing folder contents: ApiError('NUMBERSANDLETTERS', ListFolderError('path', LookupError('not_folder', None))) This comes from this line of code: dbx.files_move(source_path, destination_path) I believe I am getting this error because of the to_path. Is that how I should read this error statement? My…
why the token is becoming obsolete?
I use the dropbox api. But after a few hours, my token is no longer working. How do I make the token work forever?
API "List Folder" , no team folder
The Api-Call "list-folder" only read und list my private folder, but not the team folder. All folders in the team folder are not displayed. All permissions are set and i also tried the call with a "Dropbox-API-Select-Admin"-Header. Without the "Admin-Header", no folder are listed because "the OAuth 2 access token you…
Add webhooks
Hi Team, We are interested to know the information via webhook whenever our provider Jot Form adds the PDF file to my dropbox account. So that our program will get the PDF file via dropbox SDK. Could you please guide me on how to add the webhook and also provide the sample request body when a file is added to the dropbox…
Transferring Ownership of Dropbox Developers App
Hi, is it possible to transfer the ownership of Developers Apps? I can't find any settings that allows me to do so, and this gmail account would be deleted in a few weeks. Thanks!
How can I integrate Dropbox with my App and website?
How can I integrate Dropbox with my CodeIgniter app for uploading and displaying images from NBA picks app and website on the client side? Thanks.
Unable to create to Dropbox App
Hi Team, I am trying to connect to the dropbox app created by Me(Team Admin role in Dropbox Enterprise/Business account), after configuring the connector in AEM DAM with correct client_id and secret I am always getting below error (Only set Individual scope): This app has been blocked for your team. Go to the admin console…
Error in search... options: expected array, got string
I am trying to use search to find any file with txt extension inside a particular path. I get the error: "Error in call to API function "files/search_v2": options: expected array, got string". What am I doing wrong here: $options = array( "filename_only" => true, "max_results" => 1, "file_status" => "active", "path" =>…
Download ANY file in folder
To download a file I need a full path. What if I don't know the name of the file? How would I list that path then to grab any txt file? "path": "/Homework/math/Prime_Numbers.txt"
Adding scope to dropbox app not getting approved
Hi, I'm trying to add a couple of scopes e.g. sharing.write to my dropbox app but whenever I make changes it gets put in review since it's a production app and then doesn't get approved so the scopes don't get updated. I really need these permission updates otherwise my integration won't work. Would appreciate some advice…
How can I get files.metadata.read permission?
I`m writing some code in order to parse my dropbox folders and files but in task.Wait(); line I have error: BadInputException: Error in call to API function "files/list_folder": Your app is not permitted to access this endpoint because it does not have the required scope 'files.metadata.read'. The owner of the app can…
list_folder results different from this morning
when performing an api call files_list_folder with the path /Apps/YPDB2023 up till this morning it would return the subfolder name and a list of all the files - but now I just get the subfolder name and a "has more" = true and a cursor - which I can then use to /files_list_folder/continue - and then I can see the files…

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