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filesSaveUrl failing with invalid_url error on valid, public URLs.
We have an oauth integration with Dropbox that generally has been working fine - recently we've started getting the following error on uploads from the node SDK (filesSaveUrlCheckJobStatus call): { '.tag': 'failed', failed: { '.tag': 'invalid_url' } } We haven't changed anything on our end around the implementation, and…
Dropbox API's Files.ListFolderAsync return path not found
hi everyone, We have dropbox's enterprise account and a team admin to grant consent permission to DropBox's Enterprise application. In this dropbox's enterprise, we have a team folder "Design Document" created by different account which assigns to a group "Design". However, the authorized team admin user above isn't in the…
SDK C# Read zip without downloading
Hi, I'm try to read the content of a zip in dropbox without downloading using c#. But I'can't do it. Is It possible?, I read a xml file and images without downloading, but with a zip I don't know how to read the content. Any one can share the code in c# or explain me in ditails how to do it? Thanks!!
Incorrect layout of authentication dialog on iPad
The authentication dialog displayed by the code of Objective-C SDK below is incorrect in layout as shown in the attached photo on iOS iPad. (Note that the layout is correct on iPhone.) Please tell me how to fix this. [DBClientsManager authorizeFromController:[UIApplication sharedApplication] controller:[[self class]…
Dropbox Api V2 Callback: Which import call is used
Hallo, I want to use DBClientV2 callback. Which one do I need to import? Android Studios shows many callbacks, but none of them seems to be the right one for me. import com.dropbox.core.DbxException; import com.dropbox.core.v2.DbxClientV2; import com.dropbox.core.v2.files.FileMetadata; private final Callback mCallback;…
Uploading and downloading from dropbox always get curl: (6) Could not resolve host: \
Hi I'm using the lines from the example posted in this community curl64.exe -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download \ --header "Authorization: Bearer xxxxx" \ --header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\": \"/Aplicaciones/sample.zip\"}" \ --header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \ -o"c:/temp/sample.zip" %…
Dropbox rest API calling limitation
Hi, Is there any limitation to call the dropbox API in a day or month? like numbers of call/day OR month Thanks Ashish
how to sync my app folder in dropbox?
Hi, I write mobile application for os android with dropbox sync. Application can work offline. User can change data in app or in dropbox app/web client. After user made some changes. I need to make synchronization current device data and server data. In hard conflicts user decide what of two copys keep (one left, one right…
Server-side application with NO way to use the standard OAuth flow
One of our server-side applications should be able to access all of our Dropbox Business files. This application is exclusively meant for use by our own organization, for background file handling, meaning that we are not planning to ever "Apply for production" (= open up to external users) this app through Dropbox's App…
uploading large files (1GB) using token
I am making a page where the user pastes the URL of the file and I fetch that file make its zip then uploading it to dropbox. it's working fine with the small files such as 150Mb or 250Mb but not with the 1Gb files. I am doing this all without setting up a backend server. Is there a problem with my code that it's not…
How to customize API Request Authorization Webpage
Hi: Our team uses Objective-C SDK to help users upload & download files from Dropbox. Here is the webpage when we request API authorization : But we found some other app's webpage is different, for instance: The content is much more concise than ours. How can we customize our webpage like this? Is the way we use the SDK…
New OAuth starting september - what does it mean for me?
So far ive had a small app running that just up and downloads a small handful of files every day. it uses the normal oauth2 access token that i generated on the settings page of the app. now the question because i didnt quite understand. will i have to account for the upcoming changes that replaces the long lived tokens…
Listing files in a folder, and make download links for all files?
I have a private Dropbox. I have a PHP-driven webpage where i want to list clickable links to some files in a specific folder in my dropbox. It's simple to list the files on my web page, I just use "files/list_folder/" to get an array of the files in the wanted folder. But how can I get URLs to download the files, so I can…
Archive Folders older than 1 week
Is it possible to archive folders and content older than say 1 week ? Using python. I have a working folder /Dropbox/Work/Images and I want to archive stuff that is older than a week from this specific folder /Images/ ? And doing this automatically ? Thanks !
Would like to know, if we can script transfering files of user before deleting his access?
Hello, I would like to know, if it's possible to use any kind of scripting like Powershell or Rest API, to transfer files and folders of a user to a (backup folder) before deleting his access? We need this to automate deprovisionning of resources assigned to employees in our company. Thank you in advance,
Property Groups always null Java SDK
I have created a template and a list of property group objects but when I get the meta data for the file in a search after I've uploaded it says null for property group. The property groups should have been included when the file is uploaded. I use the Java SDK and I have tried a few different ways: FileMetadata metadata =…
select files to saver
Hi, I'm asking myself where and how to select files to saver. I want to use it as uploader and there should be an upload button.
Error 429 too many requests when uploading two files simultaneously
Suddenly today, seeing error 429 too many requests when our app attempts to upload two files simultaneously. This is happening with multiple accounts on an app that has not changed where we used to be able to upload several files simultaneously.
Upload API - skip upload, when file with the same content already uploaded
Dropbox windows app is smart and when currently uploading file already exists somewhere in dropbox (file with the same content hash I guess), it doesn't fully upload it again. It gets marked as uploaded almost immediately. Is it possible to achieve such optimization via the Dropbox Upload API? I use UploadSessionStartAsync…
Dropbox UploadSession Start/Append/Finish with Fetch - TypeError:Failed to fetch
Hi guys, I'm using Fetch with Dropbox for file uploads on my website and it works fine for uploads <150 mb (https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload) However, when I attempt upload >150 mb files using UploadSessionStart/Append/Finish, it throws a 'TypeError : Failed to fetch' in the console. On the Network tab, it…
Upload content to shared file
We currently use Dropbox's Python SDK to overwrite existing file contents with the method .files_upload(). With give it the file id as a parameter along with the file content and it works: client.files_upload( file_contents, file_id, mode=WriteMode.overwrite ) The problem is that, if the file is a shared one, it won't…
files we get using the api in our websites?
Hi all We need clients store files, so dev team can get the url of those images and consume them in our event sites we make a bunch of requests to get that resource (for medium or large events) These are our questions: 1.- can we the files with certain prefix using the api? 2.- can we use the url of those files we get…
How can I limit the data usage for shared folders?
I'm searching for a way to set up a specific folder size limit for shared folders. My goal is to use the API to automatically create and share folders with a large number of visitors on my website. Each user should get access to one unique folder and be able to upload 5MB maximum. If I cannot limit the size of these shared…
dbx.sharing_list_shared_links only returns empty set
Hi, I'm unable to use the dropbox api to find shared links. The sharing_list_shared_links method only returns an empty set despite having documents I share within the scope I've specified. When I paste a sharing link into the browser it works, but not using the python sdk. I've also tried using the following methods to…
Shared link is stoped work
Hi! I get shared link (shared link includes about 2500 videos) when i download about 250 videos (I used dropbox-api to get downloadable link) the link is stopped work and after sometime the link is activated again and circle is repeated. So this problem depends on the link or request exceeded our bandwidth or download…
Upload file to Dropbox with 12002 response
Hi all, i am using upload file API to load my file to my dropbox folder. the file size is about 1.6M each time. I randomly received the response between 200 (Successful) and 12002 (error). When i got 12002, sometime, i still can see my file was loaded successfully. May i know anyone got similar experience ? how we should…
pre-signed URL
I would like to know if dropbox API provides a functionality like https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/PresignedUrlUploadObject.html My goal is to allow the browser to upload files directly to dropbox, but without providing dropbox credentials to the browser. I know on AWS it's possible creating a pre-signed url…
Safari embed
I'm embedding a link to a dropbox folder using the code below. It works perfectly well in Firefox, but in Safari it comes up with an error: There's no further javascript errors. Any ideas? (The same error shows up using a simple <a> link as well. Running Safari 13 on a Mac... dbx.sharingCreateSharedLink({…
Embedder Cookie issue Mobile
Hello, the embedder shows a cookie issue when visiting the website on a mobile phone. https://bit.ly/35kIBdV
NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource when trying to share file using javascript sdk
Hi, I am very new to the Dropbox SDK, I am trying to programmatically create a link for sharing a file and getting the above error: NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource when trying to share file using javascript sdk I am using the following code: var dbx = new Dropbox.Dropbox({ accessToken: ACCESS_TOKEN });…

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