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Get all content from a directory
Hello, I am using dropbox camle component and I am doing a search peration. Documentation states that if query param is not set all the files of the defined directory (remotePath) will be returned. But using the following uri I get no results for a directory that contains 3 subfolders "dropbox://search?accessToken="+…
save_url endpoint to overwrite any files with same names rather copy? (v2)
I am creating an integration using Postman Monitors. And I need to be able to overwrite any files with the same name when uploading using save_url. Is this possible? Cause the only other way I'd be able to do this is to delete the whole contents and painstakingly upload everything :sob:
When do webhooks fire when editing Paper docs?
Hi, Could anyone provide more detail on the webhook policy when editing an 'auto-saving' document like Paper? The document appears to save automatically according to changes made and some idle time - does a webhook notification (potentially) fire each time this happens? Thanks in advance!
Getting content of Team's root folder, can't find good documentation of Dropbox-API-Select-Admin
Hi Dropbox Team. I try to get the content of my Team's root folder. Here is my call: curl --location --request POST 'https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder' \ --header 'Dropbox-API-Path-Root: {".tag": "home"}' \ --header 'Dropbox-API-Select-Admin: {"member_id": "dbmidXXXXX"}' \ --header 'Content-Type:…
Application token key
Is it possible to get a token key only with APP_KEY and APP_SECRET without redirect_uri the authorizing URL that needes the user to open the URL in a new tab and copy-paste the code? If not, can I assume that this code will never be expired?
Dropbox webhooks
Hi Can any one help me out by sending sample webhook payload ??? Thanks
Do webhooks fire for generated 'own user' development tokens?
Hi, I'm trying to set up a minimal POC with Dropbox paper and webhooks. I have created an app and pointed the webhook URI to my demo application. Everything is enabled, challenge accepted and looking fine. My app works when I send it a test notification myself, but it looks as if Dropbox isn't firing notifications when I…
.Net/C# - getting list of files and then downloading to local drive
I'm back again! public class Program { public Logger logger; public string localFilePath = @C:\Users\hbuuutaag\Documents\Code Tests\Test; public static void Main(string[] args) { Program program = new Program(); var task = Task.Run((Func<Task>)program.Run); task.Wait(); } public async Task Run() { using (var dbx = new…
Invalid Async Job Id fails if Access Token is Refresshed
I've been doing some work with the batch APIs and came across this error message invalid_async_job_id. I've only come across this error when I've had to refresh my token. I send my request to create a folder batch. I get my my job id…
Documentation for searchV2(String query) how to type a query ?
I have been using older dropboxapiv2 (java) to search "Files" for 2 years. Today it started to malfunction due to a dropbox server side "malformed query" error. While I assume it is again a Dropbox development malfunction, I also would like to upgrade the dropboxapiv2 I am using to version 3.1.3 . It seems there is now a…
Re: How to get last modified date for folders in Dropbox V2 API ?
Hi @Greg_K. This is making it very complex and, I think, requiring lots of unnecessary API calls. When a new folder is uploaded, I need to make a playlist from the mp3 files and share it. So I detect when the folder is likely to be "settled" by seeing if the most recent file is older than 5 minutes. At which point I run…
Dropbox download_zip api
I use api https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-download_zip to download files from a folder, but I always get an error in call to API function "files / download_zip": HTTP header " Dropbox-API-Arg ": could not decode input as JSON please indicate what the problem may be
Dropbox API v2 - Empty file on upload
Hi there I use the dropbox v2 api to upload a file using laravel and guzzle. However the file in dropbox shows empty. Those files have a sie of 0 bytes. It have to do with my post call to the API because the file contents are still there before calling the upload call. $client = new Client; $response =…
Dropbox API - retrieve permissions of an app
Hi, all. Is there an API to retrieve the permissions of an app? I'm very new to the Dropbox API, and haven't been able to find this.
list_shared_links is giving 500 Error
When calling the following endpoint: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/list_shared_links I always get: 500 Internal Server Error The request body is:{ "direct_only": true } This was working few days ago.
409 - Internal Error
I am having an intermittent issue with checking the status of async share jobs. Below is the flow I'm building and below that an real error being returned by the API. This is for an internal Dropbox app that we are building and is not yet in "production" mode. The Flow: 1) Create new folder inside the team space/folder 2)…
Get information about user who uploaded a document
Hello. Could you help me please? How i can get the information about team member who uploaded a document and datetime of uploading? I can see he in the website but i did not find the API V2 that can help me with it.
API Call for the new feature "File locking"
I not find yet API calls for the new feature "File locking". When can we use API for locking and unlocking files for a user? It could a real powerful feature. Best regards. Thierry.
Re: How to get last modified date for folders in Dropbox V2 API ?
how can i get uploaded time of a drop box shared file using python..I would like to download drop box files, that are uploaded today.please help me..
API to create custom emoji?
Hello, I was trying to create a custom Paper emoji for my team via API but couldn't find support for this. I tried creating a doc with a custom emoji, then downloading it through the /docs/download endpoint (as both HTML and markdown) to see if the source would provide any insights. However, the HTML file contained a raw…
Wild Card Support for Subdomain in DropBox Chooser APP
Team, In DropBox Chooser, we need support to register our domain something like below https://*.example.com Looking forward to your reply. PS:Microsoft OneDrive "File Picker" supports this case. Regards, Mani Venkat
databricks pyspark/ python download data from shared url and password
Hi, I have received a dropbox shared secure link and password which I want to connect to my databricks environment so that I can download the files from dropbox to my databricks environment. Appreciate if someone can share an example code to do that. I have a dropbox url and password. Thanks!
API V2 Upload File size above 300MB
I was using Upload v2 API in PHP by curl, but the file limit is around 300MB, when i try to upload a larger file than that, it fails. Reading forums, docs, i found a useful thing. Use Sessions Upload. But im stuck in this method because i cant found documentation ou samples for using that. On my function of upload_session…
Using API to get a list of *direct* url's to images in a folder
We're building an app in Python that will need to retrieve a list of every file in a particular folder containing jpg images, and for each image, we need to get a direct http url that can be used in an html img src tag. We also need the original image file name (the name humans see when the view a list of files e.g.…
Programmatically download a shared file using C++ Curl
Hi, I developped an aplication in C++ that runs on Windows. I am trying to add a feauture in the program to download a shared file from my dropbox folder. I would like the downloading to go in background in similar way to windows API URLDownloadToFile(). The windows function downloads files from the web. But when I use the…
Intermittent 400 errors with message "could not decode input as JSON"
Hi there, I'm using Dropbox Java SDK v3.0.11 and recently have been encountering intermittent errors in some files v2 APIs. They are 400 errors with the following message: com.dropbox.core.BadRequestException: Error in call to API function "files/delete": request body: could not decode input as JSON I've seen it happen in…
1 million API calls/month for data transport partners for the Standard Dropbox
Could You please clarify what it means. Are only 1 million requests can be send to the Dropbox API (https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/overview) from the my custom application? Had i understood not correctly maybe?
Sign-in stuck on my laptop - works perfectly on PC
Have downloaded a bunch of code updates to my laptop,which is currently connected to the same router as my PC (so minimal difference in IP address) and when I try to signin my app to Dropbox it is just stuck there (as I write this it's been more than 15 minutes, on my 2nd try). I confirmed still works on PC - signed in,…
Webhook verification failed
Hello! Webhook verification shows error message: Error: icate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate Request: GET https://app.astodi.com/webhook/dropbox ?challenge=d0noy1Ja1ce7uJsoF5kQwxwB3yzJgfCs3JiZr0z8I3I Response: X-Http-Reason: Connection established Response Body (First 256 bytes): (No response body) My…
Slow degradation of Performance Retrieving Files
Currently using version 4.9.4. Monitoring a Dropbox account every 30 seconds looking for new files. Files come in from multiple sources, usually only 128 bytes in size, but occasionally can be much larger - 5-10 megabytes. Everything works fine for hours, but after 12-16 hours it starts to see socket errors and slows down.…

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