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Uploading via /get_temporary_upload_link throws a 413 Payload Too Large error even for files <150MB
Hi! I am uploading files (smaller than 150MB) via the temporarily upload links generated via the /get_temporary_upload_link call. This all worked fine, but since a few days the POST upload call to the generated upload link (e.g. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/apitul/1/bNi....) is terminated with a 413 Payload Too Large…
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Unable to access all files filepaths that exists in a folder through dropbox API using PHP, CURL
Hello, I am integrating the dropbox api on my website and I want to access the imagefile path to store through php with curl. I have used two endpoints for this. 1) https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder - To access all the filenames of the particular path mentioned in as a parameter.…
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Allow Dropbox saver to upload file from roots
Hello i have discover this awesome saver from your service , that's working perfectly with an url but can i do this with a file from the roots of my website ? have a good day
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Beginner question, Powershell, File download
Sorry, but I have only just started using API. I have built a Powershell script (with help) where from my folder (DropBox file downloads) Now I don't know if I did the token part correctly, I am on App console created an App, (App folder) and then on Generate Access token, (Access token expiration (no expiration) 1. i have…
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How to get list of files recently modified within 24 hours through Dropbox API V2
Hi all, I have an scenario where I need to find out the recently modified files in a day through Dropbox API v2 in Java. Right now I am scanning through each and every file in the Dropbox through ListFolderBuilder to check the server modified date to find out whether the file has been modified. Is there any way I could…
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Ability to link new users frozen at 0 linked users
Hi! I have just revisited an older app in the console and saw that currently the ability to add new users was frozen. As no reason was given, I migrated the permissions as this was somehow suggested. It did not help. I unlinked all existing users. It did not help. I am now getting a notification asking me to configure app…
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Getting Started
I would like some assistance in getting started from the ground using a php and jquery environment (basic web stuff) to use Dropbox for some basic file upload/list/download. To date we have used a 3rd party sdk that had worked examples available via help pages and Youtube - making the learning curve less steep. Now, with…
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Upload large file with Objective-C SDK always failed
Hi I used the method below to upload large files under MacOS BigSur - (DBBatchUploadTask *)batchUploadFiles:(NSDictionary<NSURL *, DBFILESCommitInfo *> *)fileUrlsToCommitInfo queue:(nullable NSOperationQueue *)queue progressBlock:(DBProgressBlock _Nullable)progressBlock…
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Getting Streamable URL of Video using API v2 in web app
Getting Streamable URL of Video using API v2 in web app
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Consistency of `continue` endpoint in v2 APIs
I've already touched upon this in my post about the search_v2 API, but I wanted to discuss this issue separately and in further detail. For our implementation of the Dropbox API, at Moodle we have a function which fetches results from an endpoint using supplied parameters, handles error checking of the response, and also…
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DropBox Api,time out error
Hi I am getting error like this ,what can you suggest? cURL error 28: Failed to connect to api.dropboxapi.com port 443: Timed out (see https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html)
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How to generate a short lived/refresh token from a long live token with the python SDK
From september long live tokens are being retired, so how can I take my existing long lived token and generate a refresh token that I'll be able to use via the api going forward alongside any new short lived tokens I may receive?
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Current outage
Notifications for modified files is not working. https://notify.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder/longpoll is not returning when files are modified.
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How can I use SDK to update permission
Hi We use the Objective-C SDK in our APP. To get all files' metadata and delete some files, we granted the permission "files.content.write" in ours APP. We now want to develop a new feature, which needs the permission "files.content.read". 1. We will add the permission "files.content.read" in Dropbox App Console, will this…
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Re: Failed to connect to content.dropboxapi.com port 443?
I have same problem. I use rdrop2 package in R program and this error occured. It seems that my ip address is blocked. How can I fix this problem?
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/oauth2/authorize never ends - Windows, VS2019, native C++, desktop app, CEF
As a software developer company, we would like to give Dropbox feature to our native C++ MFC desktop app. As we can't use the IE browser anymore, we have to look for another browser solution. We tried to use CEF, and we could succesfully integrate it into our app. Because the CEF needs so many exe instances and our desktop…
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Token and Permission Updates
Hi, I receive the mail from dbx about "Token and Permission Updates" to explain me that the Dropbox OAuth flow will no longer return long-lived access tokens. I'm using the lib <groupId>com.dropbox.core</groupId> <artifactId>dropbox-core-sdk</artifactId> <version>3.1.1</version> I see now there is 3.1.5 version, so I will…
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Dropbox Python API Webhooks
Im currently working on a application were i need to implement webhooks from my dropbox to my local pc. Unfortunatly im having problems with getting my program to work with the webhooks. My process so far has been roughly as follows. - Ive setup a app on the dorpbox website and given it most of the permissions. - Ive…
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How can I update client_modified for a file through the API?
I would like to update all the client_modified timestamps of my media files so that the image gallery app I'm using sorts the files in correct chronological order (it uses client_modified, and not exif data or similar for sorting). I would think this should be possible somehow but I can't figure out how. Is it possible?…
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Get URL to edit word, excel files online
Hello guys, I'm looking for an API endpoint to get an url allowing me to edit a word or excel file online. Example: - I have a file named hello.docx and i want to edit its content. - I would like to request an API endpoind to get a response containing an URL allowing me to edit my file online Is there a way? Thank u
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Invalid shared folder id
Hi there Im integrating the ability to share a folder with people that signup to my system Basically I got the shared_folder_id. Via here : https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/#files_list_folder I get the id of my folder : "id": "id:OnI0Xzba6WsAAAAAAAE0Hg" However when I call…
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Excel files uploaded to Dropbox using Node.js SDK are invalid
I am trying to upload Excel files to Dropbox using the Node.js SDK (https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-js). The files are received from JsReport, and are saved correctly when saved to my local disk. However, when uploading to Dropbox, the files end up long strings instead of Excel files. The body in this case is a…
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New users cannot connect to Dropbox
Hi, I have released the new version of my app. The app has the objective-c SDK updated to the latest release (5.0.5), and I have updated the code to support scopes and short-lived tokens. But I haven't changed the "Access token expiration" setting of the app within the "Console" (so currently the "Permission type" of the…
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getting shared_folder_id
hey guys im trying to get shared_folder_id from the API and im using the below $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST"); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Authorization: Bearer ' . $auth_token, 'Content-Type: application/json'));…
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OAuth options for Windows desktop apps
I notice that the Dropbox API has now officially dropped support for Internet Explorer, which means that any Windows desktop application that integrates with Dropbox is now faced with an uphill battle: Previously, we could just use the Internet Explorer-based WebBrowser ActiveX control, which allowed us to hook into…
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Best way to authorize more users on my app
Hi all, my scenario is as follows: 1) mobile app 2) app server for redirect uri I need to allow users to access their dropbox space from my application. So each user will have to authorize his copy of the app with dropbox by inserting user and pass. My problem is that the response that the dropbox server sends to my server…
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Font change in File Request description
I am a first time Dropbox API user. I am trying to use API to create a set of file request. A set of instructions will be provided in the description section. We would like to high light some portion of the description with bold or different font. I tried to use HTML style <b> </b>, it doesn't work. Can you please provide…
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How to stop syncing using a script?
I have seen the original question on this. The answer is not practical. While my need is different, I do also need this very basic feature - switch off and then later switch on syncing via a command line script I am a javascript develioper using the package - "grunt". It uploads stuff to a repository and using "npm" which…
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integrate drop with rest api
Hi, I want to integrate dropbox into my own mobile app(java) by your rest api instead of using java sdk, and I find the "User Endpoints" guide in this page: https/www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation. I was wondering if there is a detailed sample code to use. Thanks!
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integrate Dropbox with rest api
Hi, I want to integrate dropbox into my own mobile app(java) by your rest api instead of using java sdk, and I find the "User Endpoints" guide in this page: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation. I was wondering if there is a detailed sample code to use. Thanks!