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How to upload multiple files using JavaScript SDK?
Hi, I am using Javascript SDK to upload multiple files at once. I have a dropbox business account enabled and the folder where I am trying to upload the files is a shared folder. I want to upload the files to root > Clients > Somefolder Clients and Somefolder are the folders created by me. Here's my code: const…
Move API leads to temp permission removed for team subfolders/subfiles (eg. 5 to 30s observed)
Hi, We've developed an syncing app, and we found that if we use move api (eg. https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/move_v2) with Dropbox-API-Path-Root as root teamspace id to rename team folder under team space root. The subfolders and subfiles of the renamed team folder will then lose their permissions (eg. the members…
uploadToDropbox cURL Root
Hi, I was trying cURL, but I am pretty bad at it. I would need your assistance. function uploadToDropbox($path, $folder="\0", $name="") { $url = "https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token"; $curl = curl_init($url); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true); curl_setopt($curl,…
API - Getting owner information of a file that is not shared
Hi - I am trying to get owner information of a file that is not shared. I tried the below - FileMetadata fileMetadata = (FileMetadata) dbxTeamClient.asAdmin(adminId).files().getMetadata(fileId); But FileMetadata doesn't seem to have this information. For shared files/folders, I am able to get same using…
API support for Dropbox Transfer links
We've recently started receiving Dropbox Transfer links. These links are of the form: https://www.dropbox.com/transfer/... I cannot find a way to get info about these links or download them via the API. Is this supported? In particular, I would like to be able to: - Get info about the files in the transfer (filename, size)…
Chooser - Default Folder
The current implementation of the chooser works well enough for personal, relatively infrequent use. However, navigating to a specific folder from root every single time you load the chooser gets irritating in a high-use / enterprise context with complex folder structures. Please add support for a 'defaultPath'…
Filemaker Containers and non-persistent Token
Hi, I was able to store container contents in my Dropbox but the Token is not persistent. Read about it in the documentation and came to the conclusion that I need to use Oauth 2 with PKCE since I'll be using the application with mobile devices, the acquisition of the a Token must happen without user intervention. The…
File temporary link generation doesn't work
I am trying to generate a temporary link from test file with curl command, but this doesn't work and return this following error: curl: (92) HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly before end of the underlying stream My Curl Request: curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_temporary_link \ --header…
Wrong google sign in branding on dropbox sign in screen.
Hello @dbox_ team, We have integrated the dropbox and google in our in our project. So in order to publish our app in google they are asking to use correct google sign in branding.
Error "DropboxException: Bad or expired token."
We use Dropbox foldersto sync our webinar data into our reporting dashboard/hub. Right now, trying to authenticate the folder location, we are getting this error: "DropboxException: Bad or expired token. This can happen if the user or Dropbox revoked or expired an access token." Our access token has not been changed, and I…
List_folder does not return team folders
Hi guys, Two days ago our automated tests started failing out of the blue. We were checking that "/files/list_folder" returns both shared and team folders, but since then team folders have not appeared in the response. Were there any recent changes related to that in DropBox API? We are…
video streaming - m3u access?
We stumbled across an m3u file that must be the HLS streams. From what I've read, there are currently no API's for this. I think if there were, the customer I am working with would be quite happy as it handles a bunch of questions/concerns they have over the current API's I'm using. The m3u file has a 720p, 480p, and 360p…
If the cursor is too long, list_folder_continue api always encounter 504 timeout
Hi, We've designed an app and found that if we create more than 5000 team folders under team root (eg. 1st level folder). The cursor returned by list folder api (eg. https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder) will be around 90000 bytes long. If we use this cursor to send list folder continue api…
How to use Dropbox as server side Laravel Filesystem continuously?
Hello, good evening, my name is Victor, I'm currently on behalf of a customer to solve a doubt. I need to make a Laravel application for him that uses Dropbox as its Filesystem for file storage. Currently I have implemented this project schema with the spatie/flysystem-dropbox dependency like this…
Download other user dropbox file without my dropbox token
To download other user dropbox file i use with open("rc.xlsx", "wb") as f: shared_link = "https://www.dropbox.com/s/xx/xx.xlsx?dl=0" metadata, res = dbx.sharing_get_shared_link_file(url=shared_link,link_password ='xxxx') f.write(res.content) Even so this is not my file i still need mydropbox token to download it. Is it…
Copying single files to Dropbox from Android, best approach?
Hi, I built an Android app for a client that controls a ground-based drone. The vehicle moves back and forth across an area and the app collects data from a sensor as it goes. When complete, the data is saved into a file. That file, along with a couple of others are zipped into a small zip file and uploaded somewhere. The…
Getting team folders (not ones shared by Users)
What's the best/optimal way of fetching team folders without including the folders shared by individual users? I have tried the below option, but it fetches all shared folders (folders inside team folder and the ones shared by individual users) - Call dbxTeamClient.team().namespacesList() - Use namespace type to filter…
Expired Access Token
Hi all, I'm currently working on Dropbox API to upload a backup file (.tar.gz) of 25GB - 27GB. Earlier the dropbox API was working fine with the long-lived access token. Below are the steps which I have followed to upload a backup file in chunks of 4194304 1. Generate Access and Refresh Token using dropbox oauth2/token…
how to do I get content of a file in Dropboxsdk using java code
how do I get content of a file using dropboxsdk code and we tried with download sdk method but Inputstream is not converting in to proper string Please help us with some sample code for download where we can convert the inputstream to string
Maestral Encounters Ongoing Error Pausing Syncing
The Maestral client started receiving an error from the Dropbox API that seems to be incorrect (it's not using V1 of the API). This error pops up regularly and pauses the sync engine. When resumed, syncing works properly until it pauses again with the pop up error. See https://github.com/samschott/maestral/issues/683 for…
Re: Suddenly getting "v1_retired" error
It looks like this may be occurring again now when making requests with `grant_type=refresh_token`.
dbx.files_list_folder_continue(curson) fails when using SharedLink
Hi, I am listing a password-protected folder shared via a link. result = dbx.files_list_folder(path=root, shared_link=dropbox.files.SharedLink(url=url, password=password)) for entry in result.entries: if isinstance(entry, dropbox.files.FolderMetadata): # do some action with a folder else: # do some action with a file while…
API: List all teams and their workspaces id's in the Enterprise account
Hello! If I have an enterprise account, can I list a summary of all of the connected teams within the account via the API? use case: I have an enterprise account and several teams (other dropbox business accounts ) linked with the account. I want to list all the teams and get their workspace's ids in order to traverse them…
Can we call list folder api under team space root and meanwhile filtering out the personal folder?
Hi, We've developed applications about dropbox. We found that in the document, (eg. see https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder) there is no way to filter out the personal folder if we call list folder api (eg. https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder) under team space…
Searching using search_v2 not searching in all directory
When i use the api search_v2 to search for a file by file name it do search only on the APP Folder that was created by api, and it does not search in the whole Dropbox. Any solution for this?
Access without an "app"
Hey, I was wondering if it is possible to access a dropbox account without the token generated in the app console. What I mean is, can I use an api on my python script that will query an input dropbox account (and password obviously) for files and then retrieve it? As far as i've seen, I can only connect via the token to…
Update content of the file from an editable share link using the AP
Hi, I want to update the content of the file that is provided using the editable share link (rlkey is one of the query parameters). I tried to get the file id from the https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata endpoint and used it on the https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload. The content is…
Unable to access folders in Business account connected by OAuth2 with Team permission set in the App
We have an app with Team permissions checked. See attached screen shot. When users connect our app to Dropbox via OAuth, the process is successful, but the users are not able to see any of their files or folders within our app. The app is scoped Full Dropbox. When we create a second app, with scope set to Full Dropbox, and…
Get full path
Hello, I get shared folders for API { "name": "SOLAR", "namespace_id": "1413620231", "namespace_type": {".tag": "shared_folder" } } and i need full path to folder (user@domain.com/folder/folder1/SOLAR) Can you get this path from the API by knowing the namespace_id? Thanks for help
Dropbox integration
Hi, I am new to Dropbox integration. I have a username and password. With those details is it possible to integrate the Dropbox API? Best Regards Yabase James

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