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Erroneous webhook notifications
I'll do a handful of operations over a specific directory, and I'll seemingly get N webhook notifications a moment later. However, I'll get one or two notifications five or ten minutes later, and the cursor (for that specific directory) will not enumerate anything. What is this?
Get thumbnail API issue for the last 24 hours
Hi, Our app is using the dropbox node.js SDK v10.32.0 to get a thumbnail of an image. Usage example: this.dbx.filesGetThumbnailBatch({ entries }).then((response) => { // response.result.entries must be an array but it randomly returns empty string }); For the last 24 hours, we started experiencing an issue with this API…
Dropbox API and AWS Lambda
Hi, I have a web app that is is taking files and uploading them to an S3 bucket. I have written a Lambda function to upload the files from the bucket to a Dropbox folder with the API. I tested it locally and it worked fine. I created a directory locally, added my script, used pip to install the Dropbox API, zipped those…
Forced to make all users Team Admins? "You must be a team administrator to authorize this app"
Good morning: Transitioning to short-lived token with a snag. The "no expiration" token currently used in the 10-person dev environment is working perfect to upload/download/save, etc.... files/folders in a shared teams environment. Got oauth2 working for me and my other user with Team Administrator access. The app must…
Failed to establish a new connection: [WinError 10060] A connection attempt failed because the conne
Hi. kind of stuck.. getting this error - worked two days ago. thanks for any ideas. Failed to establish a new connection: [WinError 10060] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond'…
Dropbox's code example for sharing a file link in Python not working
#Python code provided by Dropboximport requestsimport json url = "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata"headers = { "Authorization": "Bearer append-current-token""Content-Type": "application/json"}data = { "path": "/baby dream/Cris Rodriguez/10yrsZ.tif"} r = requests.post(url, headers=headers,…
Failed to Load Request Error when using Chooser API
We use the Dropbox Chooser API and have recently started having a problem with it (as of yesterday evening). Now when the user selects a file from the Chooser pop-up then clicks "Choose" to confirm their selection, an error appears saying "Failed to load request". The pop-up window does not close and nothing is returned to…
How to create a folder via PowerShell with Dropbox REST API?
Good morning. I have been looking for a way to create a folder via PowerShell in Dropbox with REST API and I have not found a way to do it. I only found the forum http://rest-examples.chilkat.io/dropbox/powershell/chilkat_291.cshtml, but you need to buy a library. Can you help me to have an example using the Url…
Failed to load requests error
Seems like your integration capability is down. a bunch of platforms, monday.com included gets the following error when trying to upload files from dropbox: failed to load request, with 400 HTTP error link removed This is also happening with Asana.
Long time registered app not allowing Oauth authentication.
Anyone know why all of a sudden a dropbox registered app that's been working fine for years would suddenly show {"error": "invalid_scope", "error_description": "Non-scoped apps cannot specify token scopes"} When attempting to use an oauth refresh token like so. POST https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token HTTP/1.1…
Refused to display 'https://www.dropbox.com/' in a frame because it set 'X-Frame-Options' to 'deny'.
According to the document configuration operation, but failed
API rate limiting on file download
I am using Duplicacy for backing up data to my Dropbox Business account. It is a Dropbox API app and writes to the Apps directory. The issue I am having is that when downloading (for restoring or verification of a backup), I'm being rate-limited to an effective download rate of about 20 MB/s, which is a lot slower than I'd…
How to create a folder in a team shared folder and make it accessible to a small part of the team
Hi, I am currently using Make (a no code platform) to automate the creation of a folder in a shared folder after the start of a new project. The issue is that everyone (30 ~) have access to that folder, when only a small portion (usually 2 – 4) of that team actually need to have access to it. I read the API documentation,…
Unable to get shared link information in LinkPermissions in Java SDK
I have shared some files in Dropbox Business. I am using Dropbox Java SDK to get shared link information using SharedLinkMetadata -> LinkPermissions . I want to get the LinkAudience of a shared file link (public, team, password_protected, invited etc) AND its AccessLevel (viewer or editor) which are present inside…
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How to access your own project through this link ('https://www.dropbox.com/dropins/embed'),
How to access your own project through this link ('https://www.dropbox.com/dropins/embed'), what permissions do you need, this link includes functions such as view switching, downloading, sharing, and viewing
Unable to list files in shared Dropbox folder using Python and the Dropbox API
I am trying to use Python and the Dropbox API to list the files in a shared Dropbox folder. Here is my source code: """ import dropbox import os # Replace "ACCESS_TOKEN" with your Dropbox access token ACCESS_TOKEN = "MY_ACCESS_TOKEN" # Replace "https://www.dropbox.com/sh/..." with the shared link to the folder containing…
List ALL folders and files on my dropbox account
Hi, i'm working on c# and i can just show the files on the root directory , i want to show all the folders and files inside this folders on the root directory, didn't see anything on the forum, any idea? Thx
How to use the "App Key" and "App Secret" parameters with the PowerShell Invoke-RestMethod command?
Good afternoon. I am currently connecting to Dropbox via PowerShell using the Invoke-RestMethod command and using the "Generated Access Token". Currently the problem that I am presenting is that daily the "Generated access token" changes and I have to modify the PowerShell Script. Is there a way that I can use another…
Download Using HTTP Not HTTPS
Greetings, I am a developer, for my case i need to download files from Dropbox using http (not it's not https).. google drive and ms both support http and https for the same link/file, but unfortunately when i try to download using http Dropbox redirect to https chancel/link/protocol. for example: following link for…
Resume upload: what is the current offset?
Hi, I understand I can use upload sessions to upload large files. That is: call Upload Session Start, then Upload Session Append and finally Upload Session Finish. My question: is it possible to query what is the current offset taking only the session id? The scenario is: application calls Upload Session Start, saves…
ES modules for the modern web
All of the examples I've found use outmoded global scripts, and your Javascript SDK is not available in ES module form. I suggest you modernize your SDK packaging, and also modernize your examples. Not only will this improve security, but it will also enhance the public perception of Dropbox among web developers.
Dropbox API Hangs During Large File Download
Hey there! I am currently maintaining a mod launcher software that utilizes the Dropbox .NET C# API to allow users to download mod files. Unfortunately, large files (usually 2-5GB in size) do not download completely while using the launcher, hanging mid-way through the download and refusing to complete, even if a download…
Specification '\dropbox-sdk-java\generated_stone_source\main\src' must have a .stone extension
After importing the dropbox-sdk-java example from the official GitHub into Android Studio I get this building and trying to run it: Specification 'C:\Users\******\StudioProjects\dropbox-sdk-java\dropbox-sdk-java\generated_stone_source\main\src' must have a .stone extension.Execution failed for task…
Can't get shared folder id of folders i create inside a shared folder
I want to share a folder inside a team space to a specific people but i can't find the shared id of that created folder The response when created the folder with the https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/create_folder_v2 endpoint : { "metadata": { "name": "TEST3", "path_lower": "/******/XXXX/test3",…
Download google drive docs (.gdoc) Via API
How Can I download google drive files from dropbox API? I know we we can't directly download google drive docs form dropbox API because for drive docs "is_downloadable" is false. I want to know if we can still download doc (making is_downloadable = true or any other way). Please help me on this.
Unable to Retrieve a new short-lived access token through Javascript
Hello, I followed the approach described in below post to get refresh token https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Get-refresh-token-from-access-token/td-p/596739 Through Javascript I am trying to get new short lived access token (step 7 in above post) using below code, but I am getting error as given…
Re: xcodebuild error in ObjectiveDropboxOfficial iOS build
Just upgraded to Pods 7.2, using Xcode 14.2 and get the warning on development and distribution builds. Previously I could use distribution on a device. None of the solutions I found fix this.
Dropbox Java SDK List Shared Links of a Team Folder in Business Account
I am trying to access all shared links in dropbox business account (team folder) using Java SDK. I am able to get shared Link Metadatas for files inside personal space of a particular member of the team - List<SharedLinkMetadata> sharedLinkMetadataList = client.asMember(memberId).sharing().listSharedLinks().getLinks();…

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