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How to restrict an app to only have read access to its app folder
I'm working on an app that only needs read access to its app folder, however I only seem to have the choice of read/write access to an app folder or the whole dropbox account. How can I restrict the app to only have read access to only its app folder? If this can't be achieved with a normal Dropbox Pro account, can it be…
Write-only access token
I'm trying to create a web interface for users to upload files directly to a folder in my dropbox, rather than their own. I was planning on hard-coding a token that only has write permission into the web app and using the upload endpoints on the API, but the available scopes aren't what I expected. I don't seem to be able…
Dropbox Saver suddenly stops working
I have a membership site in which I use the Dropbox Saver alongside the Google Drive saver button to allow members to download files. It's been working great over the last few years, but today, suddenly, without me making any changes, the dropbox saver button suddenly stopped working across the site. The Google Drive…
restore files,but return error： invalid_revision with Picture modified a few months ago
Hi, I am confused about the correct use of the restore api. i find some pictures in my account which are upload just several days, delete it and restore,everything is ok! but, if these pictures are upload several months ago, delete it and restore,i will get an error from server：invalid_revision, if i go to…
Trying to Move Files Between Folders with API
I'm trying to move files between folders using the HTTP API. I used this endpoint to get all of the files inside a specific folder: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder. It returns this response as expected: { "entries": [ { ".tag": "file", "name": "ui-debug.log", "path_lower": "/apps/articles/new/ui-debug.log",…
Re: API access token expired
Hola, estoy generando un token de acceso para Dropbox desde una cuenta en la que soy editor pero no soy propietario. Mi plan es Dropbox Basic de 2Gb. Al igual que el caso anterior, me generó en principio un Token de 142 caracteres, pero luego generé un Token de 64 caracteres pero expira igual. Que puede estar influyendo…
load files whit excel vba
Hi. I would like to receive an example on how to upload a file (ie *.xlsm) to dropbox from excel using vba. Thanks a lot.
Provisioning team folders and groups with the same API token
Hi, I'm working on an app which sets up both a team folder and a group for access. It seems to me that my API token requires both the "Team member file access" permission to create the folder AND the "Team member management" permission to create and add to the access group. However, these permissions appear to be mutually…
Team Member Information, Auditing, and Management
Hi, I'm looking to create an OAuth application that will support Team Information, Team Auditing AND Team Member Management. Which if the four access should I select to get all 3 of these permissions? It appears on the surface that Team Member File Access is the only option to get all 3 -- is this correct? Thanks, Brian
Is it possible for an app to have both “Team member file access” and “Team member management”?
When creating a Dropbox Business API app, I'm confronted with the following options: **Team member management** does not seem to include “the ability to perform any action as any team member”, and **Team member file access** does not seem to include “the ability to add, edit, and delete team members”. For my purposes, I…
Multiple app permissions
Hey guys, I am building a app that requires access to groups, as well as files. So I need to use both the "Team member file access" permisssion and the "Team member management" permission. Unfortunately, the current app settings page does not allow me to do that. I have to choose either one or the other. There is a similar…
Combination of Type of Access in app on Dropbox Business API
Hi, When creating an app for the Dropbox Business API I am given these 4 options of type of access: Team information – Information about the team and aggregate usage data. Team auditing – Team information, plus the team‘s detailed activity log. Team member file access – Team information and auditing, plus the ability to…
Refresh token expiration
Hi all, I am writing my first app that uses the Dropbox Python SDK and I was wondering if the OAuth2 refresh tokens ever expire. Many thanks in advance for your replies!
When will the Paper API be retired?
While diagnosing an issue with the Paper API this past weekend, I stumbled across this article from Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/lp/developers/reference/paper-migration-guide However it doesn't seem like my legacy Paper documents exist within the extant Dropbox file system, at least according to my files/list_folder…
Paper API - how to query "old" paper docs with the "new" 2020 API
Hello, we're building an integration of Dropbox Paper to our service - many dropbox paper users have requested it. Seems that Dropbox Paper itself is being migrated from its own place of paper.dropbox.com to having `.paper` files inside Dropbox itself. That itself is all cool but I'm having trouble figuring which API to…
Frequent Timeouts (>4.5 minutes) during files_upload_session_append_v2
Hi, I'm uploading larger files (up to 9.3 GiB) in 4 MiB chunks via the dropbox python library in an Azure function. In the last few months they started failing very frequently because on some chunks the files_upload_session_append_v2 times out. I increased the timeout to 4.5 minutes, but it still times out. Since I'm…
Won't build via carthage with Xcode 12
Updated to macOS Catalina and Xcode 12 (GM). Went to re-build SwiftyDropbox via carthage and got a build failure: % carthage update --platform iOS *** Fetching SwiftyDropbox *** Fetching Alamofire *** Checking out Alamofire at "4.9.1" *** Checking out SwiftyDropbox at "5.1.0" *** xcodebuild output can be found in…
share_folder - share sub folder
Trying to share subfolder thru API. getting message "no_permission..." I am using admin account. Can it be related to "Dropbox Business API app key" ? Did anybody see somehing like that ? url / request / response https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/share_folder request {"path": "/ddd/dd5","acl_update_policy":…
How to get absolute URL using shared_folder_id
I have a folder that has been shared with another Dropbox user using the API. At the time of sharing, I save the shared_folder_id for future reference. How would I use the shared_folder_id to get the absolute URL for the other user? Just to be clear, I'm looking for a URL that I can give to the other user that will open…
Real Example of ListFolderContinue: method in Objective-C
Can someone please provide me a real example to show how listfoldercontinue: method works with listfolder: in objective-c or in swift? I have read 100 times the description of listfoldercontinue: method but can't understand in the right way. my folder always remains empty. Previously I was using servermodified to know when…
Upload entire folder with JS SDK?
Hello, I'm trying to upload multiple files from one folder to Dropbox using the JS SDK, and at the moment I am using a batch upload, looping through all the files one by one, and using filesUploadSessionStart, which is taking very long. Is there a way to just upload the contents of the entire folder to dropbox?
Swift API documentation/examples out of date
The documentation for (and examples using) DropboxClientsManager.handleRedirectURL() seem to be out of date. They give the usage:DropboxClientsManager.handleRedirectURL(url), but that results in: Missing argument for parameter 'completion' in call. What is the new usage/requirement?
Sign in - There was a problem completing this request (Android Device)
I can't sign in to dropbox on my Android device. I can sign in through the browser no problem, but on Android App embeded browser(WebView) I always get the message "problem completing request" as shown in the attached screenshot(In April, it was no problem). I am using Android 8.0. I had test on Macbook (Chrome & Safari)…
Error 409 while filesExports
Good day all, I'm having a 409 error 'Confict' while doing a filesExport for a dropbox paper document, this is the JSON of the file: * selectable: "<input type="checkbox">", * .tag: "file", * client_modified: "2020-09-07T14:47:16Z", * content_hash: "a442ccb1c8ab02ffbe9b00df159b366d43709d76744da10f0727970de1e5276c", *…
Token is empty/missing
Hello, I am using Linnworks, an 3rd party app, and I want to upload my pictures on Linnworks using dropbox. All my pictures are already on dropbox and I have prepared the importation file for Linnworks. However the importation process returns an error saying that the Authorization token is missing. I have contacted…
How do I authorize app for endpoint file_properties/templates/list_for_team?
Looking at https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams#file_properties-templates-list_for_team it says the API requires the files.team_metadata.write. I can't find this exact entry in the apps permissions settings page. So I just ticked everything. But it still returns app not authorized. request: curl -X…
How to figure out which files have been deleted using the api?
I am working on a personal project that, when a file is deleted, will update a JSON file that stores whether or not a file has been deleted. The issue is I am having trouble figuring out how to get information on deleted files. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
Dropbox download to an absolute URL
Is there a way to get an absolute URL of an image after it's been downloaded using the filesDownload function in the JavaScript, I'm also using Node.js and Discord.js, I'm currently trying to download an image from my Dropbox directory and then send it to a Discord channel which only allows for absolute URLs to send images…
Integrate dropbox with my website
Hey there I want integrate dropbox into my codeigniter app to upload images from photoSentinel into dropbox folder and then display images on client sides from dropbox. thanks
Properties and scoped access
Hi! I need to register an Android app, that can upload a user's files to a specified Dropbox folder and add properties to them. Earlier, I did that via the 'Full Access App'. But now I see it's deprecated, and instead of that, it seems I supposed to use the 'Scoped access' app. I've tried to register the 'Scoped access'…

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