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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…
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…
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.
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()…
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.
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
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…
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…
missing scope files.metadata.read
Hi, I'm using the Java SDK and I have enabled files.metadata.read in my oermissions, see screenshot. However in my Java code I see: com.dropbox.core.InvalidAccessTokenException: {"error_summary": "missing_scope/.", "error": {".tag": "missing_scope", "required_scope": "files.metadata.read"}} What am I missing? In addition I…
OutOfMemoryError uploading large file from API V2 - Java
Hi everyone, I'm trying to upload a ".dump" file (size 3gb) from Java to my Dropbox application, but I've an error because the max size is 150mb. I'm not finding any examples online, how can I fix that? Following my code: public static FileMetadata uploadDBDump(SuiteConfiguration suiteConfiguration, MultipartFile…
if app is in development mode, does the refresh token will expire ?
i created an app in and successfully integrated dropbox in pwa and uploaded content too to dropbox but as a part of testing i intensionally not used app for one month and checked again after one month, then access_token failed to generate from refresh_token, will this be resolved if i turn app to production mode, please…
Upload file to sharing folder using Python Package
I want to figure out how I can upload a file to sharing folder. I have tried following code to upload a file to dropbox. Rather than uploading the file to shared folder "Reports", it uploaded it to my "userfolder/Reports" I tried various options but nothing worked out. I was able to get the shared folder id for the shared…
Dropbox API has "download_session" function??
Hi I have try upload session API, it's look good, My question was Dropbox API has "download_session" function?? Thanks
Service Unavailable 503
https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token?grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token=<REFRESH_TOKEN>&client_id=<MYAPPID>&client_secret=<MYSECRET> When I http POST to the above URL for refreshing Access Token in my code, a 503 service unavailable is returned. However there is no any issue when I do the same thing in POSTMAN Any body…
Dropbox Apps limit
Hi DropBox community, My problem is: If i have to programmatically create apps for different types of things i want to do, for example: - An app that i use only to read account info (scopes: account.info.read) - An app that i use only to upload images (scopes: ...) - ... do i have to worry about a max number of Apps that i…
Search the file in folder
The basic search of file in all folders work fine but I want to search a file in particular folder not whole dropbox. how to implement this.
Easiest way to get (dropbox) file datetime using a dropbox link
Hi All, I share a project I'm working on through some executables on dropbox, which users get a link to, so they can download. I prefer, obviously, that they have an account, so they will have automatic synchronization to these frequently changed files. However, some do not want to install dropbox and now I'm writing a…
Check job status: how often and for how long
Hi, I understand that some operations can be asynchronous (eg, /2/sharing/share_folder or /2/sharing/remove_folder_member). My question is: how often should I check for the job status (/2/sharing/check_job/status) ? And for how long until it can be considered failed?
Dropbox Apps limit
Hi DropBox community, My problem is: If i have to programmatically create apps for different types of things i want to do, for example: - An app that i use only to read account info (scopes: account.info.read) - An app that i use only to upload images (scopes: ...) - ... do i have to worry about a max number of Apps that i…
Trouble running /2/files/list_folder in as App Authenticated
Probably I'm getting crazy, but following command: curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" -u "<APP KEY>:<APP SECRET>" \ --data '{"path":"","shared_link":{"url":"<shared link to folder>"}}' ... doesn't work anymore. I think, it used to work. 🤔 What's going on? It…
Dropbox Apps limit
Hi DropBox community, My problem is: If i have to programmatically create apps for different types of things i want to do, for example: - An app that i use only to read account info (scopes: account.info.read) - An app that i use only to upload images (scopes: ...) - ... do i have to worry about a max number of Apps that i…
Unable to grab some shared files from Dropbox Python SDK
Can someone help me solve my issue. I have a Dropbox Python SDK script, and this script will grab the shared files from Dropbox. My issue here is that when I run my script it will grab some files only, not all. What I want is to grab all the containing files inside the shared folders. Please take a look to this diagram for…
Dropbox returns 405 often on HEAD requests
I maintain some software that ingests files from dropbox. Recently it has started failing because dropbox often returns a 405 "Method not allowed" error on HEAD operations. Is this a known issue, is there a fix pending for this? Here's an example of this. (I have deleted this file but you can reproduce with pretty much any…
Downloading file via wget with --spider no longer working
Hello, recently, I've noticed that I can no longer use wget with the --spider flag to download dropbox files. This has been working for the past couple of years for me, but seems to no longer work. If I remove the --spider flag, I'm able to download the file. Here are the commands I'm running in terminal to test. Worked…
Download file
I had integrated dropbox using spatie/ dropbox-api. there is one function for download file. but its return only resource id. how to resolved it and download files from dropbox.
Conflict Error
Hi, Everyone. Hope you are all ok. I am getting the dreadful Failed to access a remote cloud service StatusCode: Conflict Request result: {"error_summary": "path/not_found/", "error": {".tag": "path", "path": {".tag": "not_found"}}} It is (most probably) related with the Refresh Token (and consequently the AccessToken),…
Ratelimit
Hi, I currently have a basic plan, I am using the dropbox api, in which I have an application that in its flow of use makes these requests: 1) refreshes the access token 2) looks for the metadata of a folder 3) downloads a file 4) after modifying the downloaded file it uploads it to dropbox but after some time of use I get…
Error "There was an issue setting up your call" when trying to obtain an access token
I am encountering issues when trying to obtain an access token and refresh token. I retrieved the access code from the following URL: https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=<app key>&redirect_uri=<REDIRECT URL>&token_access_type=offline&response_type=code I input the access code obtained from the above into…
slow response time when calling Dropbox.Api (6.37.0) with expired access token
Hello. I am calling an established Dropbox account setup for an application with API access with what was once a valid access token that has expired. It takes about 15 seconds or more to obtain the AuthException: expired_access_token result. Why is this? The response should be in milliseconds, not 15 seconds or more. Code…
Meta Data of Shared link
Hi there, Is there any way to view Metadata of the shared link and Download it as well in c# .net? ThankYou Asharaf

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