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API moving/renaming of files is slow
At the moment i'm testing the api and noticed if i move multiple files/folder it only moves one file a second. Renaming also suffers from the same problem. This seems rather slow. On the webpage it seems not fast but happens a bit faster. Is there a ****** limit or can it be optimized? It can cause issues for me, if…
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Change file permission, files.content.read
Dear support, Currently, my app is using the "long lived token" to access to the app folders. The permission for that folder was set to "files.content.write". I would like to add the permission, "files.content.read". I was able to make that change in the app console. The box next to it is checked to indicate the change is…
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Dropbox rate limit for folder/file retrieval
My team is using Dropbox API to fetch and search for files and folders. While there is pagination, it is unclear as to how many more items are available and how many more calls needs to be made to retrieve the same.There is a possibility to have, say, a million files. Is there a rate limit to the numbers of calls made…
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How to integrate Dropbox API for seamless file upload and download in a web app?
How can I integrate Dropbox API into my web application for seamless file uploading and downloading functionality?
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Http redirect url
Hi, I'm structuring my call via api with an http rest client, it just keeps giving me this answer even though the parameters all seem correct. I am attaching the post call and my app settings: POST…
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Webhook Notification
Hi there, I have added a webhook URL to my account and it is verified with challenge param. I want track the activities of new folder is created, files added, deleted or moved but i am not getting any notification on that URL. Please help. Thanks
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Generate Long-live access token for Oauth
Hi, I need to implement long-live token generation via c# code I found this reference https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/blob/main/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/Examples/OAuthPKCE/Program.cs Unfortunately, this code returns token with the "sl." prefix, so it's short-lived access token. My main question is : does DropBox…
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Webhook doesn't notify
Hi, I deployed my javascript lambda function on AWS. The function works great when using Postman. Also, when I add the link to my AWS function to the Webhook URI in my Dropbox App, it enables, meaning that the challenge is being accepted. Yet, when I add a new file to my Dropbox, it doesn't notify my function. Is there any…
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Access Shared Folder with API
Hi Team, can any one please help me to get access in shared folder to extract the meta data like subfolder size and file count. I was unable to locate the shared folder through api always it says, lookup not found: Error: ApiError('e266db43b6334ae9bacaa86ee7c566b4', ListFolderError('path', LookupError('not_found', None)))…
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Third party application won't open Dropbox.
A few weeks ago, I purchased the electronic edition of the 3rd volume of the GIA choral hymnal. Among the features in the software that accompanied the hymnal that I purchased, is a feature that allows users to import music from their Dropbox accounts. I was delighted. I used the feature, and it worked without incident.…
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Obtain preview_url from list_folder
Hello support, The reference documentation states that the https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder call returns entries that are an array of "List of (Metadata)..." Both the FileMetadata and the FolderMetadata are said to contain the parameter called "preview_url" (see screenshot) but it says that this field is…
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com.dropbox.core.NetworkIOException: api.dropboxapi.com
hello, I am making a file download by link using getSharedLinkFile method. "com.dropbox.core.NetworkIOException: api.dropboxapi.com" but i am getting this error For reference, our company is blocking the firewall, and the following domains are allowed to access. "https://www.dropbox.com" Please check quickly. Thank you!
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Error 400 using download link from embedded code
I have an embedded piece of code that once upon a time worked before TLS v1 was deprecated. Note the URL download link in the subject line above was modified to protect the file. The unmodified link works fine with Chrome and Edge as the client. I have been trying to modify the code in my embedded application to use TLS…
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Create a New app on the dbx platform error
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> <title>Dropbox - 403</title> <link href="https://cfl.dropboxstatic.com/static/metaserver/static/css/error.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <link…
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File lock
Hi, We Created an Dropbox App that is installed in my clients dropbox. They are assigned to my app. this app is creating a csv file inside some directory that is automatically created. This folder in shared amond other users with edit permisions. My App needs to write to this csv file, but I get the following error on my…
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How can i get an acces token without a login?
why am I using Dropbox? I´m developing a project with react. It's pretty simple, just a form where ussers send a pdf file. The thing I want to do is just that the ussers send their file and its uploaded to my dropbox account in its app folder. what im having trouble with: I were testing with the generated token in app…
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Limit of Redirect URIs and Chooser / Saver / Embedder domains
I am going to use the Chooser component for my application. I want to ask that is there any limit over the redirect uri and Chooser domains. As we are having users who can have separate domain uri so how many domains can be whitelisted?
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How to get token access into dropbox without it expiring (or copy .httr-oauth file)
I'd like to use dropbox as a remote storage center for some text files created by a deployed Shiny app. I need web users to be able to submit to a form which writes these files back to dropbox. In RStudio, I installed rdrop2, but I'm having trouble getting permanent remote access in the account which I set up for the…
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Access Shared folder in Drop Box
I need assistance with making an API call to extract a report from a Dropbox shared folder. The objective is to retrieve the folder structure along with specific metadata such as the file count, folder size, created date, and last modified date. Could you kindly provide the precise API call required for this task? I am…
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Restore Folder
How can we restore a dropbox folder using java api?
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Questions about the usage limit of a refresh token (and access tokens)
I'm attempting to develop an application that uses the Dropbox API in python on the background (that means that the users won't know I'm using this api). The application is a control system framework, and I'm just using the API to store global settings for all instances of the application (the goal here is to make this…
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How to automate keeping track of images being uploaded and resize them (24/7).
Hi guys, My company uploads images daily and needs an automated image resizer running 24/7. I'm getting stuck on building this functionality via Dropbox's webhook. My idea is to host a web server that will receive a notification whenever somebody uploads an image and resize them in the back end. My problem is I can't seem…
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Can I create a shared link that requires login?
Hi, I'm attempting to programmatically create a list of a shared folders content, with links attached to each file. Each link should point to the file on dropbox, where the user would have to log in and, if they have access to the file, be able to view and edit it. After reading the docs, I thought I could achieve this…
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Adding dropbox library to layer causes lambda timeout
Hello, I'm having an issue adding dropbox to the Python layer I use in my lambda function. The code works fine locally but when I add the library to my layer the lambda just times out. Locally I use Windows 11 and Python 3.9, my lambda is set to use Python 3.9. As I have been troubleshooting, here are some details that…
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Dropbpox API returns no response or 503 errors
Our call to drobox API on https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder-continue is sometimes fails with no response or 503 error like below.
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why is FolderId / SharedParentFolderId null or just missing for FileMetadata retrievals?
static void Main(string[] args) { DropboxClientConfig config = new DropboxClientConfig { MaxRetriesOnError = 0 }; DropboxClient dropboxClient = new DropboxClient(AccessToken.ValidToken, config); var result = dropboxClient.Files.ListFolderAsync("").Result; var folderMetadata = result.Entries.Where(e => e.IsFolder).First()…
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oauth 2.0 and generating access token and refresh token using a headless browser
is it possible to use a headless browser to sign in to your dropbox via my app and request a access token and refresh token? i'm using powershell with selenium and headless edge browser.
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Dropbox embedder
Hi, i'm using the new dropbox embedder. I've made the folder as shared folder. But inside the folders, I have also sub folders. The issue is the sub folders cannot be accessed. How to fix this ? Error message: Owner hasn’t granted you access to this link
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Dropbox upload on a device only with max 600kb/s. (Upload)
Hello everyone, We are experiencing a small problem with uploading to Dropbox via API on one of our servers since Saturday. The server's upload speed reaches a maximum of 600 kb/s using Rclone and Duplicati, but mostly stays around 200 kb/s. We have been using Dropbox for several months without any such issues before. We…
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Change of Certification
Hi, We are using Dropbox API to download firmware updates to our devices. I understand that there has been a recent change with the certification of your servers. This change causes our update process to fail as we are not using a different certificate. We have been using DigiCert High Assurance EV Root CA to connect…