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Need help with file uploads to Dropbox for a charity website
Dear Dropbox, I am working on a small website representing my charity organization, and I need to upload documents such as reports and other files to a static folder on Dropbox. These files should be accessible to guests of the website who can view the documents without the need for authentication. I have encountered an…
Using the DropBox API to host files for a public website (.net 9 Blazor)
My client has 100,000s of images stored in dropbox. The goal is to have some database information displayed alongside any one of the images. From what I understand, I would need need to use a service account or OAuth2 so that the visiting user never knows anything about the file location and the only access is via the…
Save URL Endpoint for Public Folders via API
When I use the files/save_url API endpoint and enter the URL of a public folder, I get an invalid_url error. I am assuming this is because this endpoint only works on files, not folders, is that correct? Or is the issue with public links, since this folder wasn't shared with me via Dropbox and doesn't exist in my Dropbox…
Need Help with Syncing Dropbox Folder Paths to Google Sheets via Apps Script
Hello everyone, I'm working with a Dropbox team account and currently integrating Google Sheets with Dropbox using Google Apps Script. Here’s what I am aiming to achieve: In my Google Sheet, each row represents a specific folder in our Dropbox account. Column C contains the shared link of the folder, and Column F is…
Different lengths of access_token
When I refresh the access_token, the length of the new access_token is sometimes 1459 characters, sometimes 151 characters. Why is that, and should I care?
Regarding the case where "list_folder" returns entries exceeding the limit value
In the "/list_folder" API specification, there is the following note regarding the "limit" parameter. Note: This is an approximate number and there can be slightly more entries returned in some cases. Please give us specific examples and conditions for "some cases". Thank you for your support.
How to create a No expiration token?
Are there any ways to create a no-expiration token? Thanks
App Scope Issue.
When I integrate with Dropbox OAuth, what scopes I have to set at my app permissions. When I try to connect to the dropbox it says "Authentication aborted". And I check the team_data.member scope, it go to the step to login, but when I login it says "Please sign in with a work account."
List all files recursively inside a shared folder using the dropbox node sdk
Hi, trying to list all files recursively inside a folder shared with my account by another account through the Node SDK. The folder is inside Shared -> Folders. Tried the following methods but none of them give me a list of files: * sharingListFolders (just returns the folder object) * sharingListSharedLinks *…
How Do I Generate a Temporary Link?
Hi, I was hoping to use the /get_temporary_link endpoint to get a signed URL to access another account's file in my browser. The docs say the URL should not be used to display content directly in the browser, was wondering why and hoping for an example of what use case this endpoint would be appropriate for. Thanks!
Download only first 100 bytes of a file via API
Is there an endpoint in the API to get only the first n (let's say 100) bytes of a file. I don't want to download the whole file.
Why is my app status showing as disabled?
why my newly created APP showing status as disabled, I want to change it to development status
Can you create a webhook using the Dropbox API?
Does the Dropbox API support POST'ing a webhook to create a new webhook on drives/folders/files? Looked through the documentation and couldn't find it.
Direct database access via dropbox api v2
Hello Dropbox team, I probose to implement direct assess to a datase in dropbox via java dropbox api instead of overwrite the whole database-file. Therefore it would be possible that many users can make database operation concurrently. Kind regards Manfred
Permission changes aren't persisted in my App.
I created an App in Dropbox for API access, I am using a generated access token. When I set permissions in the app, those changes don't persist.
Can't test dropbox choser api via localhost
Currently trying to integrate dropbox into my weapp for an university project. But for some reason when clicking the implemented button to chose a file from dropbox i get this error window. And I can't add localhost as a choser domain for testing. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Can Dropbox API enable permanent share link extraction?
I used the Dropbox API to export file metadata, including titles, paths, created dates, and Dropbox links, into an Excel sheet for my employer. In my script, I enabled the "file.metadata.read", "sharing.write" and a few other .read permissions. However, the extracted links are "null" all the time. Below is my script…
How to list only folders
I need to list down all folder without file & recursive as well. I use below API for that https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder 'path'=>'','recursive'=>true,'include_media_info'=>true,'include_mounted_folders'=>true,'include_property_groups'=>"folder"
DropboxAPI uploading small files
Hi! I ask for help in solving my problem. I have a Python script that runs on about 500 PCs. After running, each script writes a text file with a size of 60 bytes (approximately) and uploads it to my Dropbox folder. And I ran into such a problem that the created files can be uploaded to Dropbox indefinitely. Sometimes the…
Insufficient_space error message even though I have a lot of free space
I have a dropbox app that uploads documents to folders on behalf of users. When I tested it in production,I kept getting an insufficient_space error { "error_summary": "path/insufficient_space/", "error": {".tag": "path", "reason": {".tag": "insufficient_space"}, ... } Tried with two different dropbox user accounts and…
About the "path_lower" field in the response body from Dropbox API "/create_folder"
I have a question about the "/create_folder" API. According to your API reference, the "path_lower" field in the response body is optional. Are there any situations in which the response body does not include "path_lower" even when the status code is 200? If so, could you please specify the scenarios in which this occurs?…
Error creating shared link from API (Python)
I'm getting an error when attempting to create a shared link from a file that was just uploaded. The upload works fine, but I get the following error message. AuthError('missing_scope', TokenScopeError(required_scope='sharing.write')) I checked the scope through the App Console and sharing.write is checked, and…
Dropbox API randomly unreachable Australia
Hi, A simple telnet to 162.125.11.19 (api.dropboxapi.com) on port 443 from my OVH server in Australia fails randomly. Ping is always ok. Here is a part of the traceroute: 10 10.200.6.135 (10.200.6.135) 145.994 ms lax-la1-bb1-a9.ca.us (142.44.208.198) 147.296 ms 10.200.6.137 (10.200.6.137) 143.052 ms 11 10.200.6.135…
Requests fail if client secret isn't added when using the javascript sdk
I'm implementing the pkce flow correctly, I'm creating a dropbox object and adding the app key and refresh token, but when trying to use the check app method it will throw an exception with the error "Error in call to API function "check/app": Invalid authorization value in HTTP header/URL parameter", adding the app secret…
Dropbox API - check_and_refresh_access_token
I have a valid app_key, app_secret, and refresh_token and I'm trying to call the check_and_refresh_access_token function in the Dropbox API for Python. Here is the code... def refresh_dropbox_token(app_key, app_secret, refresh_token): dbx = dropbox.Dropbox( oauth2_refresh_token=refresh_token, app_key=app_key,…
Slow response using Dropbox for Python
Hello, My python code has been working well for months. Within the past 48 hours, the files_download command in the snippet below (with tokens obfuscated) has started to take about 45 seconds while previously it was instantaneous. It is the last line that is the culprit. import dropboxDROPBOX_APP_KEY =…
File ID is not unique
I have several instances, where File ID is not unique in my Dropbox account. Below is two sets of metadata including “id”, “name”, “path_display”, “size”, “rev”, “content_hash”, “server_modified” from two different files. Filenames, paths and file sizes are different, but the first field with file id is the same. The…
What's the current api call limit for free plan?
i have question, how many limit API access for free account?
AuthError 'invalid_access_token' with Python SDK after Token Refresh
Dear Dropbox Developer Team, I have been using the Dropbox API with your Python SDK for approximately four years without any issues. However, since November 25th or December 1st, I started encountering AuthError exceptions related to invalid access tokens. My implementation has remained unchanged during this time. I store…
How get notified if automation was successful/failed?
I have an Automated Folder that converts the uploaded file to PDF and saves it. I am using Dropbox API for it. Is there a way for me to programmatically check whether/when the PDF file generated by the automation is available? How should one go about it?

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