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some questions about write mode
Hi: It seems that dropbox handle files when there is a conflict like this: If one file in dropbox is being updated by multiple devices, some conflicting copies will be created, and users should merge these confilting files manully. Whether I set write mode to add, overwrite or update has no influence about this. The…
C# api freeze on any api method.
Hey! My program gets stucked on any dbx.Files method, for example: var x = await dbx.Files.DownloadAsync(folder + "/" + file); File is very small, 5 bytes, but it gets stuck anyways. On upload it gets stuck as well, but data get's uploaded, I found uploaded file using dropbox web browser. What problem it can be?
How can I get the starred files via the API?
I want to be able to copy starred files (mostly photos) into a new folder. Is there a way to access the data which represents the starred status of a file? I was assuming to find something like a boolean property is_starred: true but so far I can't find a way to do this. I have thousands of photos and before I spend time…
How to handle OAuth2 keys if they only last four hours
Hey guys, I developed a Dropbox app using Dropbox developers that is supposed to be used to upgrade a TI MCU over the air. I noticed that there is a note that the "no expiration" option for the OAuth2 key that says that it is going to be deprecated. The only other option looks like the tokens expire every four hours. How…
Dropbox embedder hide "Copy link" "Open on Dropbox"
I am looking to hide the "Copy link" "Open on Dropbox" links from the embedder pages, it is creating an iframe so can't do it with CSS, I was hoping there was a an attribute created for it, just not documented. The "Download" link can stay, preferably
Programmatically Process Shared Link Folders and Sub-Folders and Their Contents
Well I'm still at a loss. I have the shared link to a folder that I need to check on a daily schedule to see if there's new files. The logic of which is all fine, but I just can't access anything below the initial shared link programatically. Really all I need to get is the URL for any subfolder ... but I'll be ****** if…
Cannot obtain download links for files in public shared folder
Hello. I have a link to a shared folder with thousands of photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/saudciiyp40kjr5/AACG9UCNAtsy0WMxuX82xGLma?dl=0 I can see and download any of them from browser without authentication, even as guest. I need to provide download links for some of them to other application. In my app, which has…
Get child folder link from shared folder link
Hi, I am trying to use the API to get the already created shared url for child folders in a shared folder. To demonstrate I have a shared folder link that contains some files and a folder here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lgjbsmsdzyobz8a/AABQPF-7nPepYQO8XXRObsJ9a?dl=0 If I click the folder kittens I get a new url:…
Is it possible to "save to dropbox" a file from a shared link folder?
I have found that calling list_folder API and passing the "shared_link" parameter will give me a list of the files in a shared link folder, but is it possible to copy one of these files into a dropbox folder? There is the save_url API, but there doesn't seem to be any way to obtain the URL of a file from the results…
Traverse a shared folder
Given a shared link (ie https://www.dropbox.com/sh/koc0ymsn8lxk2sh/AAAS28iWSscFFzg3u6bZ6QB7a?dl=0) from the account I don't own, my goal is to produce a list of download links for the files inside the given folder and later download them. Note that I don't want a zip of the folder - customer UX would allow to unselect…
General URL for many files from 1 shared folder
Hello community, In my dropbox I have a folder with 200 country flags which I would like to download automatically using the respective URLs. My problem is that the URL of every single file contains a key which is unique. Example: - for the USA flag the URL is https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/rzateuez21i5c95/us.png?dl=0…
Get metadata for batch of files
Hi everyone, Does anyone know how to get metadata for a batch of files? I'm querying the files via "list_folder" / "list_folder/continue" but since December 2, 2019 it doesn't return "media_info". The question is how to get metadata for these files (especially "media_info->time_taken")? E.g. if "list_folder" has returned…
Video streaming for education system - HELP
Hi good day. I represent a micro company that is in charge of 1000 youth and children that make up an educational system in my community. the problem is that we have some doubts about the service that you want to acquire with dropbox. I will explain We have about 1 Terabyte of videos of classes with a duration of 2 hours…
How to get the file size in MB
What is the easiest/best way to get the file size in MB ?
Chooser
Dear Dropbox team. We are now using your services which are really good. Among them, we use Chooser to allow our users to select Dropbox files. In detail, we allow user to select multiple files from their Dropbox folder (linkType = 'direct'). Then, we use these public links to download all those files into our system to…
Is there any workaround to enable Dropbox with IE 11
Can i enable Auth API to works in IE my plugin and app need it to work in IE. Please help this is a big point to my bussniss Regards
some questions abut dropbox
hi: I want to integrate dropbox to my little app using java. Here is some question I want to figure out 1. Dropbox updating file by incremental update or full update? I 2. If one file is synchronized by multiple device, will the file be covered by each other? 3. If one file has been updated by one device, can another…
getting Token with VBA
Hi is there a way to get the DropBox token programmatically through VBA (or a different language, I'll try and translate it into VBA)? this to have my VBA macro go on after that and download a file thorugh DropBox API for which I need the token for the "bearer" parameter Thanks Riccardo Riccardo
Objective-C SDK crash
Hi, in my project I am using the Objective-C SDK: I am updating the app to use scopes and short lived tokens. I added the SDK to the project by manually copying all the classes. I am getting a really strange crash I have never seen before. The crash occurs when I try to connect my app to Dropbox. When my app is called…
Vue 3 TypeScript scoped app example
We would like to build an idea on top of Dropbox (scoped app) and would like to create a quick prototype. We want to use Vue 3 with TypeScript and we would like to have a look at a sample app but are struggling to find one. Can someone here point us in the right direction?
Download file with VBA
Hi I'm a DB beginner and have to use VBA from Excel I'm using, in between others: Set xmlhttp = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1") myURL = "https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download" xmlhttp.SetRequestHeader "Dropbox-API-Arg", argumentString xmlhttp.send "" and it all seems to go well and with…
search_v2 ignores parenthesis
My app needs to search for folders named like "Last, First (99)" by using a query "(99)" because it doesn't know the leading part - just the number in parenthesis. Search apparently ignores the parenthesis, so the results include folders that it shouldn't, for instance "Anything (999)" How do I submit a query that includes…
DeletedMetadata with ListRevisions
I use the Drpopbox API as follows: * The `ListFolder` API returns an item of type `DeletedMetadata`. * The `ListRevisions` API returns 0 revisions for the same item (using the path) * Restore the Item using the Dropbox Web UI * Delete the same item using the Dropbox Web UI * Retrieve the same item using the `ListFolder`…
ListFolderAsync() throws InvalidCastException when file or folder name is ISO-8601 date
Description When a file or a folder exists with a name that is an ISO-8601 date (such as "2019-12-25T23:58:05"), the ListFolderAsync() method fails by throwing a System.InvalidCastException. Steps to reproduce * Create a folder test in the root folder of your Dropbox. * Upload a file with the name 2019-12-25T23:58:05 to…
search_v2: has_more=true even though there're no more results
I have a directory a, with one sub directory, which contains another subdirectory. Each directory contains an image file with a ".jpg" extension (so three images in total). When I create a search query for ".jpg" inside the folder a with max_results=3, I get a response with exactly three results. But has_more equals true.…
Chooser
How can I interact with the dropbox API and fetch the root folder containing all my files and folders in my dropbox account? i.e I want to be able to call the API and get back just one folder containing all my files and folders.
Re: Dropbox.Api.AccessException: invalid_account_type/feature/
I am testing the Business stabdard with one user to acces the team space ti creat folder following parameter curl "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/team/team_folder/create" \ -X POST \ -d "{\n \"name\": \"Marketing\",\n \"sync_setting\": \"not_synced\"\n}" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer Autorisaation token after update the scope…
Re: Embed dropbox folder in the a webpage?
I am trying to use the embedder, but keep receiving the message dropbox refused to connect. Can you help out? I am working locally and have whitelisted "localhost"
Can I Create App With Legacy API?
Hi I created a simple app to connect to a file form upload I have on my wordpress site via Thrive Theme Builder. I'm having issues with the name of the file coming through to Dropbox. The folks at Thrive told me a switch to the Legacy API would likely help. Unfortunately i see no option to do this or to create any new app…
Dropbox API Creating Shared link settings Error.
I have a program in Python 3.9 which cleans data every morning, creates a final dataset, and then uses the dropbox api to create a shared link with settings (password) for the file, then email that link with the password to those who subscribe to my daily newsletter. This setup works... but only some of the time. For many…

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