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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.
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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…
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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…
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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
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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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I cannot edit file
Hi, As part of my familiarization with the Dropbox APIs, I have successfully uploaded a file using the API onto a folder in my Dropbox account. This is the ONLY app folder I have set up in Dropbox (not shared). However, the file is not editable, so I can't change its content manually in Dropbox. I don't seem to find a way…
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Pagination in dropbox
Hi, In dropbox, under an "image" folder we have 100 images and those images we are retrieving from the dropbox and showing in the app using dropbox API. The concern here is that it is taking a lot of time to display those images in the app because dropbox is providing all the images at once and I am unable to find any…
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File transfer API
Hi, I started to become familiar with the Dropbox API (Python). I am looking for the API that will transfer a file from my Windows 10 machine to my Dropbox account. Looking at this sample code on the Dropbox website to backup a file: with open(LOCALFILE, 'rb') as f: # We use WriteMode=overwrite to make sure that the…
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Re: Oauth2 refresh token question - what happens when the refresh token expires?
When I'm trying to fetch short-lived access token I'm getting this error Client error: `POST https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token` resulted in a 400 Bad Request response: {"error_description": "missing required field \"grant_type\"", "error": "unsupported_grant_type"}
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The first command dropbox.Dropbox() in the online tutorial encounters 'Cannot find reference'
Hi, I am using Python and I started to learn about the Dropbox APIs by following the online tutorial at Python - Developers - Dropbox I have generated my token through the App Consol, however, the following line of code encounters an error: import dropbox MY_TOKEN= 'XYZ' dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(MY_TOKEN) The error: **Cannot…
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Accessing Team Folders from User integration - and not Business Team integration
I'm trying to integrate with Dropbox Teams... The integration works fine... I can read/write to Team Folders. And write/read those team folders with Dropbox-API-Path-Root and a namespace of that team folder. But I just got another requirement. The new requirement is actually not to use Team Administrator credentials...…
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Webhooks for File Request Uploads
Hi, I have created a system that uses Dropbox as part of the automation process. The missing part is being notified when a file is uploaded to a requested file folder. I can see anywhere to configure webhooks. Do I have to create an App for this? The data sent to the webhook would need to specify the file uploaded and the…
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/team_folder/update_sync_settings unsupported_configuration
I am trying to update the selective sync settings on some subfolders of a team folder. I entered the following: { "host": { "connectionReferenceName": "shared_dropboxapi-5f21acac037128735f-5f23bdb579ede2909f", "operationId": "Team_folder_update_sync_settings" }, "parameters": { "Content-Type": " application/json",…
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/move_batch/check_v2 endpoint response
why /move_batch/check_v2 endpoint returns too_many_write_operations error for some files
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/move_batch/check_v2 returns too_many_write_operations for some files
I use https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/move_batch_v2 to move files and get the `async_job_id`. Then I use https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/move_batch/check_v2 with `async_job_id` to check the process status, and when the process was done, I get the response which includes `too_many_write_operations` error for some…
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Dropbox token is empty on Linnworks
We use stock control software called Linnworks. Today, when uploading a file (as I have done for many years) I now receive an error stating "Dropbox token is empty". I've tried to reconfigure permissions but with no joy. Linnworks say the issue is with Dropbox. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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How to add development users for an extension app
Hi, I have made an extension app based on this guide: https://developers.dropbox.com/extensions-guide#overview The extension visibility is set to "Only Me", and I am able to test the extension in my own dropbox account. I want to share this extension to other dropbox users, so I have change the visibility to "All linked…
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Possible to create Google docs/sheets from Dropbox API?
Is it possible to use the Dropbox API to create Google Docs and Sheets? I can find nothing in the API documentation about it here. Thanks
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What is the unique identifier for each events listed through get event log dropbox API.
I am using below API to get activity events from dropbox. I wanted to map these events to our own schema and wanted to know which field will be unique for each events like we want something similar to eventId. Any help will be much appreciated. https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/team_log/get_events
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Dropbox comments via API
I would like to download via a Dropbox API comments associated with hundreds of jpgs via a Python API. A Google search revealed a similar question posted in this community four years ago. The response was that feature is currently unavailable. Is that still the case? Is there any workaround?
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[C#] Large files don't show up in user's cloud after finishing batch upload
Hey there! I'm trying to upload large files with batch upload (as it is suggested by Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/data-ingress-guide). Everything seems to be working except when I finish the batch upload with the UploadSessionFinishBatchAsync method, the large files won't show up in the cloud. For…
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Long-lived tokens expiry?
Hi, I observed that our old long-lived Dropbox tokens are still working even after the September 30 deadline. Can you confirm if the deadline for migration is extended? Is there a date after which old long-lived tokens will stop working?
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How can I Iist files after a designated create date using Node.js SDK?
I am trying to use the Node.js to query a dropbox folder from the back-end of my website, which is hosted on Wix. This folder may have thousands of files, and I want a daily routine on my website to run and delete files older than "X" days (ex: 30 days) from this folder. In reviewing the APIs there does not seem to be a…
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Temporary upload link - uploading doesn't return file ID?
Hi there, When uploading a file to a temporary upload URL, the file ID is not returned. I suggest adding this feature to the API, I think it'll be good in some, if not all, use cases of the temporary upload URL. I know I tell the API which file path I want to upload to, but with this I have to: store the file path on my…
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sometime file upload issue using JavaScript SDK
Hello sir, I am using file upload SDK since 5 years in website https://shop.geekdesign.biz. but last few months when I upload some files using SDK some time Dropbox upload API through *lookup_failed/not_found* error. so please let me know is any think issue our side or change in API call. upload file using this API:…
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Urgent - Create Folder Returning null
hello ,my company (Cloudsfder) are doing data migration for customer from goolge derive to dropbox , 5 TB , we are getting weird behavior when creating some of the folders- the request just returning null, and if i retry sometimes it is work and sometimes still getting null, this is very weird please Help
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A way to shorten the url of the files when using dropbox with DJango
I've been trying to make a site, and am using Dropbox for image backend. But i have a problem, The url of the image that is uploaded to dropbox is too long like this image link is more than 400 character long. And on top of that it fetches a new link every time the image is rendered/called from DB. Is there a way to use…
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Best approach for Dropbox-API-Select-Admin for files endpoints using Team credentials for Business
Hi guys, I'm currently integrating with Dropbox Business. I have Team credentials with "team_id"... And I don't want to work on behalf on specific user/admin. My main goal is actually to work with files (upload/download/rename/delete) that are in Team Folders - used and managed by different users/admins. My dev business…
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Ziping 1GB folder and downloading it as client
Hi, I have been experimenting with dropbox api on my PHP project and everything is working fine, until I try download bigger folders (cca 1GB). The downloadZip method from SDK is returning a huge body, which cannot be printed (due to memory limit), so I have used fpassthru and succesfully downloaded zip as client, but…
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Error in files_list_folder method
I am still trying to get over the initial "******" writing my first Python Dropbox API. Eventually I would like to iterate through all the folders in a Dropbox account, then for each of those folders, iterate through all the image (JPG) files, writing any comments the user entered to a flat (text) file. But baby steps…