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Dropbox mobile website login issue
I am integrating the Dropbox Chooser component on my web app. It works fine in Desktop. However, the component doesn't work on mobile and the authentication doesn't work . I see the Chooser component on mobile, click on it, go through the login process and ultimately, I get redirected to…
What is the download limit using unique API links?
About this endpoint HTTP - Developers - Dropbox /get_temporary_link Is there any bandwidth limit that I should be concerned with when using it?
I'm integrating Dropbox with RStudio on an Azure Virtual Machine and need help to set it up
With the library from https://github.com/karthik/rdrop2 I can easily integrate Dropbox with my local PC installation using RStudio. However, I have my RStudio which is on Azure Virtual Machine, and when I issue the same commands, it has error. Azure Support engineer asked to me find out what is the Public IP address for…
SWT browser deprecated ?
Today, when I try to open the dropbox /authorize webpage with a SWT browser, I get this error : While it was working all this time, that seems new to me that Dropbox doesn't support the SWT browser anymore? Can someone share the new Dropbox requirements ? Thanks
Downloading a file from a shared folder PHP CURL
I have a business account and we have files in a shared folder. I currently can list of files within folder and this is an example of response I get #items: array:500 [▼ 0 => array:12 [▼ ".tag" => "file" "name" => "file.mp4" "parent_shared_folder_id" => "8693457712" "id" => "id:6_UMBoPQ5zAAAAAAAAAqcQ" "client_modified" =>…
Receiving Incomplete data in Continue API when Moving Existing Folder into a New Folder
Hello Team, We are working on webhook functionalities. Here we are trying to move an existing folder with files into a new folder. But here in this scenario from continue API we are not receiving the expected response as receiving in other scenarios. In other scenarios like when we move an existing folder having files into…
how to recognise files after un-assigning a dropbox account? (c#)
Hi there, After unassigning a dropbox account as it doesn't work very well with a few TB of data on dropbox, I've had build an app to sync the files instead of using the Dropbox app. But now trying to sync these online is causing me an issue as most of the files that are on the computer are empty. (file size on disk…
dropbox API error: SharedLinkWithSettingsError('path', LookupError('not_found', None)))
Hello I am trying to create weblinks for files on my dropbox account. print(dbx.sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings("/Apps/Noemiephotos/test.jpg").url) I am getting this error: SharedLinkWithSettingsError('path', LookupError('not_found', None))) I also tried "/test.jpg" since the app only as permission to its folder.…
Short-lived tokens: iOS vs Android
After having successfully migrated my app in both the Android and the iOS platform, I am curious about something. Why were the changes for Android so much more complicated than the changes for iOS? For Android, I had to handle persisting the string version of a new DbxCredential object and still create a new DbxCredential…
Padding around elements in /oauth2/authorize login UI
Is there any way to get the oauth2/authorize page to put padding around the login UI? My app's UI looks like this (I'm not using the iOS SDKs, I'm using the REST API directly, so that I can present the auth interface in a custom way): The popover contains a plain UIWebView. However wide I make the popover / webview, the…
Objective C deletebatch method does it have any 1000 limits?
I looked through the api but I can't find if the deletebatch method has limits. https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/api-docs/latest/Classes/DBFILESUserAuthRoutes.html#/c:objc(cs)DBFILESUserAuthRoutes(im)batchUploadFiles:queue:progressBlock:responseBlock:
How to know the progress of deleteBatch:
I want to know the progress of deleteBatch: in Objective-C API. The process periodically calls deleteBatchCheck: and waits for deleteBatch: to finish. If I delete a lot of files, the wait time is quite long. So I want to know the progress. I tried using setProgressBlock :, but it returns 100% immediately after calling…
My migration plan for Android app (short-lived access tokens)
In looking at the various examples of implementing short-lived tokens in Andriod, I wanted my implementation to use more primitive methods, instead of DropboxClientFactory, PicassoClient, and DbxRequestConfigFactory. So here is what I have done, trying to pattern my code after the code in DropboxActivity, and adapting it…
Powershell File Upload - Bad Request
Hello, First off, I did search the forums. This post , titled the same as this help request, seemed similar but was not helpful. I have the following simple curl upload working fine: curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload \ --header "Authorization: Bearer MyKeyGoesHereButThisIsNotReallyIt" \ --header…
Re: Upload zip file via Dropbox Api and curl
Hi Greg-DB, What modifications are required to upload large files (~50gb) using curl on a CentOS server? My apologies, I am quite the newbie to bash! This is the code: curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload \ --header "Authorization: Bearer XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" \ --header "Dropbox-API-Arg:…
Dropbox search returns duplicate entry for paper type
I am a new user to Dropbox, when I use global search it returns 2 entries for Getting started with dropbox paper. This is happening with search_v2 api also. Someone clarify if this is the issue please
Re: Dropbox authentication error with UpdraftPlus from Wordpress
Same issue here, 404 on connection between Updraft Plus and Dropbox and error message invalid client id 30+ sites connected not backing up, Help!
Latest Dropbox API with Newtonsoft.Json 12.0.3
Hi, I am using the latest Dropbox API 5.5.0 in my C# project, I have Newtonsoft.Json 12.0.3 installed (as the dependency says Newtonsoft.Json (>= 7.0.1)). When I try to get the Access Token, I receive this error Could not load file or assembly 'Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,…
how to email picture to dropbox and get the to display on website
I am trying to get my photos to display on my website i need it to upload the newest image there is some one that is doing this every thing but we have No idea who it is and have not been able to track them down for 3 years I pulled the coding see here src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/xga8m03ap65sqsw/image00.jpg?raw=1" the…
How to move file from one dropbox folder to another using c#.net
Hi, I am using dropbox api in my c# code to upload files in dropbox. Now I want to move file from one dropbox folder to another dropbox folder using my c#.net code. I am using moveAsync of DropboxClient. But file not moving .Received error "to/conflict/folder/...". Can anyone help on that. sharing my source code: public…
Basic App Authentication
Hello! Is it possible to use basic app authentication as outlined in this article? The response I am receiving is: Error in call to API function "files/get_metadata": Invalid authorization value in HTTP header "Authorization": "Basic xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx". Expecting "Bearer <oauth2-access-token>". Any help is…
Pause Sync while a specific application is running
Is there any kind of trick or maybe a script to automatically PAUSE the synchronization while a specific programm is open? Detailed Info: I'm a music producer and am working with Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) and a lot of different projects; therefore Dropbox has to sync a lot of smaller files instead of a few large. I…
2/team/team_folder/create error
Hi Team, I would like to ask about endpoint team_folder/create. We are writting tests but we cannot make request using this endpoint. I read here on forum that our team is set up to use the "team space" configuration and that we should use different endpoint but we cant use different endpoint for our tests. We need to test…
Short lived token - Android user experience
What should the user experience be like for someone using my Android app after migration to short-lived access tokens? Currently we save a long-lived token in persistent storage for the app, so the user normally only authenticates once for the life of the app. It seems that the user authentication happens either in Dropbox…
Files not being downloaded completely
Hi, I am using the following code and noticed that my file is not always downloaded completely. It even optimised with a loop (found online) but this did not solve the problem, can you please help? using var response = await DropboxClient.AsMember(memberId).Files.DownloadAsync(path).ConfigureAwait(false);…
Windows 8.1 browser support, linking is failing
I have an app in the Microsoft Store which is still built against Windows 8.1. In the last few days, linking to Dropbox from a WebView within the app has started to fail with the message "Upgrade your browser to use Dropbox. Your current browser is not supported". Nothing has changed within the app, so has something…
Search endpoint returning 500 internal server error
This same API has been working solidly for years, but now in the past 2-ish days it has been returning more and more errors. Sometimes it works for quite a while, but sometimes it keeps erroring for every single request. This is happening to several dozen people at the moment, although all using the same app. SDK doesn't…
php and OAuth2 refresh token
Hi there! I have one dropbox integration app whritten in PHP. Some time ago I get a letter drom Dropbox support team with the text about using refresh tokens and supporting short-lived access token. And there was info than long-lived acces token will be supported just to September 2021and no more. I use OAuth2 Php Client…
Switching to refresh tokens without user input
Hello, I'm migrating our software from long-lived access tokens to short-lived ones with refresh tokens. My main question is is it possible to do the transition for a user who already has a no expiration token to refresh tokens without asking him to authenticate again. As a secondary question - I asume expires_in is…
Dropbox web hooks Uri for enabled and disabled
Hello Team, I am not receiving webook sometimes after uploading single or mutiple files at Dropbox. But when I disable and re-enable the webook from Dropbox console then I get all pending webhooks. Please let me know how can i fix this issue or suggest any solution for this. Thanks Vineet Dubey

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