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If get_values/has_team_file_events is disabled, how to enable so u can use team_log/get_events?
I would like to get info about team events, but according to the API... Note that the file_operations category and & analogous paper events are not available on all Dropbox Business plans. Use features/get_values to check for this feature. features/get values returns that has_team_file_events is false. How do we enable…
https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token endpoint return "No auth function available for given request"
Hi, I'm wondering if I miss some params...
Can't play videos with iOS 15 via AVPlayer
I've integrated my iOS app with Dropbox a few years ago and it had been working well, until iOS 15 dropped. What i'm doing is requesting the "TEMP" link to the file and providing it to the AVPlayerItem. Before it would just work, but now it is failing with Error Domain=AVFoundationErrorDomain Code=-11828 \"Cannot Open\"…
Can getting an access token be simplified for the clients using my API app solution?
I have a client wanting to link DropBox to FileMaker Pro. I have created the APIs to read, write, delete and grab a shared link, which is all the client wants. But here's the thing: A client has looked at the process of establishing a connection to DropBox using my API authentication script and noticed the numerous…
Cast dropbox class to JSON
I am using the Python Dropbox package to pull team events: ``` dbx = dropbox.DropboxTeam(self.access_token) result = dbx.team_log_get_events() ``` I need to pass the value of `result` along as a JSON object. When I try using `json.dumps(result)`, I get this error: > TypeError: Object of type GetTeamEventsResult is not JSON…
iOS - Problems connecting from own app to Dropbox when Dropbox App is installed
Dear community, since a few days I have the following strange situation. I have developed an app for iOS which can store data on the Dropbox. The connection is set up as described in the manuals with the right settings in info.plist and the SceneDelegate (see below). Everything works fine as long as the Dropbox app is not…
Setting up my cctv dvr
Hi I am tring to get my dvr to save the configuration could it be because its not allowing me to input the generated token?
searchV2 not finding target folder
I had been using the JavaScript interface in node.js to search for target folders based on the current date with format "mm-dd-yyyy". This had been working fine for a few months. However, I noticed that it missed this folder: /base folder/subfolder/11-16-2021 I was querying based on "11-16-2021". However, this did not show…
Error path/conflict/folder
Hi, I have an integration that is built inside the Workato Ipaas and I'm receiving an error that says "path/conflict/folder..". I know that if a folder with that name already exists, it will return this error, but inside the integration before going to that action to create a new folder, I have another one to check if a…
JS SDK get Link
Hi, I'm new to this API. Here is my requirement. I need to display the list of folders available in DropBox in my website page. I'm trying to use the JS API to retrive the folder. But what I'm unable to get is the shared link for each of those folders. I need to link those folders so that user can click and directly go to…
Search is returning more matches than expected
First of all, problem I'm trying to resolve is checking if folder exists anywhere on dropbox, without knowing it's exact path. Only endpoint I found that work without path or id is search. According to documentation: The search string is split on spaces into multiple tokens. For file name searching, the last token is used…
Access team folders - Old Business Team Configuration
I understand that with the new team spaces and namespace configurations, that we would have to use 'Dropbox-API-Path-Root' header and I've managed to get it working by setting the namespace to the root and using 'Dropbox-API-Select-Admin' to view all folders. What I'm having trouble with at the moment is that, when I use…
Using Google App Script Web App as Webhook URI Failed to Verify
My webhook URI failed to verify. Here is the whole error message: Error: Unacceptable status code 302 from server. Request: GET https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbxzBVC_VK66FJycw5Xj8WXzLwvblzVfjuLDn2omWTCh9A-ho2DjRw0iiNxhMi7rHmmjmg/exec?challenge=wWcCJQ9ucOJSKkIoTgPrDfSlaV0lj8mfpvmnboSEjkE Response: HTTP/1.1 302…
Regarding public url for uploaded image.
Hello, We are using the laraval framework, where we upload the image on my Dropbox project folder, but when we want to fetch this image to show on display we get the array with the keys of "path_display", "path_lower", "name" etc see the response array below.…
Share a file only with added members?
Hello I am using DropBox SDK java v2. I am using the following method to create the share: public String createLinkDropBox(RecyclerItemCloud itemCloud, String email){ try { List<MemberSelector> newMembers = null; if (email != null){ newMembers = new ArrayList<>(); MemberSelector newMember = MemberSelector.email(email);…
domain does not match any Chooser/Saver domains. Register app domains on app settings
https://www.dropbox.com/chooser?origin=https%3A%2F%2Fqa-app.fastspring.com https://www.dropbox.com/chooser?origin=https%3A%2F%2Fqa4-app.fastspring.com Only Partial url but the rest of the url is exactly the same. The only difference is QA4 vs QA. Only QA is working and that hasn't been added to my Chooser/Saver domains. I…
Users are unable to load Dropbox choose SDK on the Safari browser
I am trying to load Dropbox choose SDK on my website. But running in to an issue on Mac Safari browser. <script async="" src="https://www.dropbox.com/static/api/2/dropins.js" id="dropboxjs" data-app-key="crbrplpove29sb2"></script> but script doesnt load on xconvert.com (if you goto the network tab and…
Dropbox CLI support is atrocious.
I am not a fan of the uploading tools available via API (evidently the only option for CLI users). I'm writing this after bashing my head against them for a while, so I'm having to work hard to restrain my frustration. The REAL TL;DR of this post is "Why isn't FTP or SCP supported for a FILE STORAGE solution?", but let's…
error
throughout the day I observe the same error, tell me, is it with the servers or is the error only with me? com.dropbox.core.InvalidAccessTokenException: at com.dropbox.core.DbxRequestUtil.unexpectedStatus(DbxRequestUtil.java:342) at com.dropbox.core.DbxRequestUtil.unexpectedStatus(DbxRequestUtil.java:324) at…
Cursor of a folder - which folder does it belong to?
Hi there, When I have stored a cursor from a previous https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder call, is there any way to get which folder this cursor belongs too? I can do a list_folder by id, but I don't see any way to get a listing based on a cursor. I can do list_folder/continue with the cursor, but if nothing…
DropBox auth token
Hi, I'm using an app which calls to Dropbox for an auth token. I can then sign in to DropBox but then nothing happens further than that. I can see the address in the top of the screen, but it never works. This is on an android 9 device with the latest Chrome and DropBox apps installed - these work fine. Is there any way to…
Python files_search - Inconsistent returns
Hi I have a folder with the following files: When I do the following search: It finds just the file with modification date of 2021-10-28. If I keep running the same query, eventually it returns: In this results we have both files. If I keep doing the same query, the results will keep changing. It is not related with recent…
Control selective sync programmatically
Hello, I'm looking for a way to control selective sync programmatically? There's a certain folder I want to sync, for example, in certain hours of the day. With a cron job, I could instruct selective sync to include/exclude a folder. Is this possible? Can you make it possible? :) Thanks!
Strange Behavior Unsharing Folders en Mass
hello, I'm trying to restructure folders I share with my customers ( roughly 5k+ folders ). My folder structure has a simple parent->child relationship, with the parent having a variable amount of children. Some of the child folders have been shared individually. I'm trying to unshare the child folders and only share the…
Cannot connect my mobile app to Dropbox API
Hello, I'm developing an Android app that want to connect to Dropbox to allow user to upload some documents. I use the Dropbox SDK (version 5.0.0) here : https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java Currently I'm stuck at the authorization process, when I call this function : Auth.startOAuth2Authentication(activity ,…
How can I select all file related permission when creating a new Dropbox app?
I'm totally new to Dropbox API and this is the first time I'm trying it. When I was creating a Dropbox app, how can I select all 4 file related permissions? I simply can't make it. See below image. Please give me some advice. Thanks.
User can not see shared files from 3rd party integration
Issuu integrated Dropbox online storage natively in the UI for document upload. So, an Issuu user can select to directly access their Dropbox files and upload directly into Issuu.com from Dropbox.com. However, only the user files are showing up, and any shared files are not showing up in the Issuu integration displaying…
Redirection after login with a google account do not work.
I have a problem with the login on DropBox in my app. (Login process with chrome mobile browser, App in Xamarin for Android) It works with google accounts I login one time before, therefore i think my code is generally ok. The problem: If i login the first time with a Google account with the Button “Sign in with Google” i…
Rest API returns "error_summary": "invalid_access_token/..."
Hi, Invoking the rest api https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/team/token/get_authenticated_admin returns { "error_summary": "invalid_access_token/...", "error": { ".tag": "invalid_access_token" } } response. The X-Dropbox-Request-Id is 389d4047b711487286d7682b45b666bd Can you please let me know what went wrong? Thanks
List files and folders api
"https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder" and "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder/continue" endpoints lists all the contents inside the directory. But I want to list all the contents but first priority should be of subfolders. Which means if I have used pagination and requesting first 15 items then…

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