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How do we get audio file duration from the API?
We are trying to get the audio duration of file via API. Can anyone point us to the right direction?
URL issue X Pabbly Connect
Hey team, Some of our mutual users were able to receive data on their Pabbly Connect webhook URLs till the 21st of this month but, after that, it seems you have made changes to your webhook system and asked webhook handlers to respond with an HTTP code of 200 and the text: "Hello API Event Received" in the response body…
file size uploaded zero via api
Hi, I am using wordpress with dropbox and everything is working and my video file is uploaded but it says size = 0 and no such files or directory. Please help. Thanks
How do I upload file using Python
I've checked here and over at StackOverflow but couldn't find a solution. Nothing works. It says that I need refresh token (I have no clue where to get it) and an app key. import pathlibimport dropboxdropbox_access_token="my_token"app_key="my_app_key"folder = pathlib.Path(".")filename = "img.jpg"filepath = folder /…
API Token Expired
Hi, I am creating an App to automatically backup some files on my servers to Dropbox. Unfortuntely I can't see the button shown in this docu https://developers.dropbox.com/de-de/oauth-guide to set the expiration, so I can only get sl tokens that expire after a day. How can I get long lived tokens for my app? Regards,…
Step by step to embed my file requests link on my website
Hello all, hoping someone can help fill in the gaps. What are the steps to embed my file requests link on my website? I have looked at https://www.dropbox.com/developers/embedder but it doesn't show me how to just show the request and not the folder. I've managed to get it to work via an form with a file upload using Make,…
Re: Chooser for directory
Hi Team, As per the doc the default value for `folderselect` is false however still the user is able to select the folder. I have also tried passing `folderselect : false` but that also didnt work.
How to obtain shared folder metadata after calling endpoint /2/sharing/share_folder
Hi everybody, yesterday our Team Dropbox has been converted to shared team space. Now our API (REST calls via HTTP) we've developed during the last months is completely broken since we cannot create team folders anymore. Documentation says we've to use shared folders instead. So question is: After calling above endpoint we…
get_current_account and get_space_usage api returns inconsistent tag
get_current_account api returns tag as "user", and get_space_usage api returns "team", which is inconsistent get_current_account { ...... "root_info": { ".tag": "user", "root_namespace_id": "11078782000", "home_namespace_id": "11078782000" } } get_space_usage { "used": 2702286001658, "allocation": { ".tag": "team",…
Zip multiple folders with Dropbox API
The Dropbox API offers the possibility to zip a single folder (/download_zip). Nice! But in the official documentation, there's no endpoint or parameter to zip multiple folders. Is zipping of multiple folders anyhow possible with the API? Any ideas or solutions are welcome!
Search v2 APInot working in .net sdk
Hello is it possible to do content search in file using .net SDK or postman calls i have tried this and it is only returning search from file name var dropBoxClient = new DropboxClient("token"); var result = dropBoxClient.Files.SearchV2Async(searchTerm).Result; With this code i am getting wrong output i.e. getting wrong…
Generate Access Token Automatically using Code
HI Friends i am using Dropbox API in webapi which needs access token which have the validity only few hours so that i have to on console and generate again the token. So is this possible to use same token again or Generate new token using api without going to browser?
Dropbox Video information using only Dropbox Video public URL
Hi Dropbox Community, I'm working on a React base front-end application. In which I've to send the Dropbox Video Details ( dropbox video id, created at etc... ) to the back-end just only using the Dropbox Video URL. We'are using only public URL's. But I'm unable to handle it from front-end side. As I was going to use…
My dropbox files get broken after a while
My Dropbox files start to break after a while. I'm making a Laravel Application with the Spattie Dropbox Client to connect my Dropbox account to the system. So, when a user uploads an image from the web application, the shared link stores in the database; the issue comes when, after x days, my shared link is getting…
Rename App Name
There doesn't appear to be a way to rename an existing app via the app concole / branding tab.
Redirect URI documentation incomplete for code flow
Dropbox OAuth Guide - Dropbox The process of using the redirect URI is not fully explained. There is no mention of which method will be used to call the URI (POST, GET, etc.) and there is no explanation of which parameters should be expected upon successful completion of the code flow. I was expecting to see an example of…
Get temporary links of multiple files at once
Hi, Actually I'm trying to display the list of all images of a user that are available in dropbox. For this i'm now doing /files/list_folder to get all the files in the root and then /files/get_temporary_link to get the links of each files. But the process is becoming so slow that i have to call…
get_temporary_link returns empty json string some times
Using php, I call list_folder to get a list of about 2000 files of about 800K each to download. I then go into a loop calling get_temporary_link, retrieving the file contents and writing the file to local disk. Out of 2000 requestes, about 3-5 times get_temporary_link will not return any json. (empty string) Retrying the…
Mismatched redirect URI
I am using the following link to generate an authorization code for the code flow process: https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=CLIENT_ID&response_type=code&token_access_type=offline&redirect_uri=https://dev.crm.DOMAIN.com/api/v1/Dropbox/Oauth2 I replaced the client ID and domain due to privacy. The process…
authorize url
is it possible to get access token without these steps System.out.println("1. Go to: " + authorizeUrl); System.out.println("2. Click \"Allow\" (you might have to log in first)"); System.out.println("3. Copy the authorization code."); in java
get access token & refresh token
Hi, so I have a few issues, I need to get the access token and the refresh token, Im using Dropbox bussiness account and I used this url to get the access code: (*) - "https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=<AppKey>&token_access_type=offline&response_type=code" later I tried to get the access token via Postman…
Using dropbox as a repository for an application
Hello all, My team and I have some questions around the API features offered by Standard/Advanced plan. Currently, we are thinking to build an application where the end users can upload documents (pdf/photos, etc.) to our app and Dropbox will be the storage. We are planning something like this below. End users（approx. 1000…
Re-issuing a new refresh token for an App disallows AppFolder uploads.
We've encountered an issue recently in our production integration with the Dropbox API. If a user authorizes our Dropbox App (thereby issuing us a refresh token), an AppFolder is created, in which we can upload resources. If that same uses authorize that same Dropbox App again (thereby issuing a new refresh token), we are…
Invalid shared folder ID - 409 Conflict when calling sharing/get_folder_metadata
We are trying to migrate our app functionality to deal with the new Team Spaces accounts, but are encountering an issue when trying to access some of the folders returned from /2/sharing/list_folders We're passing the additional Dropbox-API-Path-Root header in the request, and this is returning folders which appear to be…
Pull a list of Shared folders and it's permissions
Hello all, I'm trying to create a Python script using the API to pull a list of all shared folders and it's permissions as this feature doesn't exist on the Admin Console. I'm on a Business account. I've created the APP and generated the API key with the correct permissions, but I'm not able to list all the root/parent…
Different namespace behavior /files/list_folder and /files/search_v2 API calls, bug?
Hi there! I am encountering a peculiar issue with the /2/files/search_v2 call in combination with team namespace ids, and I am not sure if this is a bug or the expected behaviour of the API. Consider the following team space configuration: /Team Dropbox (1)/Team Dropbox/Sarah (2)/Team Dropbox/Sarah/Documents/Team…
Search shared folder suddenly doesn't work
I have a Team Account and have a shared folder "/for ut (1)" form other account. I have been using the following API to search .csv files under "/for ut (1)" until today 2023-02-1 it suddenly returned empty, has the Dropbox API been updated recently and what can I do to complete the search? I'm sure my share link is…
Missing query parameter 'responseUri'
I making MVC application and trying to refresh token. const string redirectUrl = "https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/redirect_receiver"; // string oauthUrl = $@"https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/authorize?response_type=token&redirect_uri={redirectUrl}&client_id={AppKey}"; string oauth2State; oauth2State =…
/list_folder/longpoll not working with CORS
I see this was an issue 5 years ago, but that issue was reported as fixed. However, I am seeing the issue once again. I can call /list_folder no problem, as well as /list_folder/continue as you can see in my network trace below. However, I cannot call /list_folder/longpoll. The error in the console is the usual CORS error…
Get user deleted items along with its info (Old issue)
Hi, I have asked the support for this query 2 months ago - https://www.dropbox.com/support/ticket/20019308 Please take a look at this ticket and let me know if any update is there for the same. Thankyou Aman

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