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Get specific preview urls for each document revisions.
Can You help me please? Can I get the previewUrl for the specific document revision from the API. I use the https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_revisions API for getting document revisions list, but id properties for each getted item are equal.…
How to get file link address from a sharable link programmatically
Hii. I am working on a web app using django. I was able to create a sharable link to a file but stuck at getting only the file address. My purpose is to add the url to an img tag in html. So in order to achieve that i need the image link address. So how can i get it. Thank you.
HTTP API and work with ZIP-archives
Hi. I wanted to know if it is possible to work with zip archives through HTTP API ? read one file from big archive, list files in subfolder and other? Aleksey. [email address removed by Moderators to align with our Community's Guidelines]
Reading programmatically several files from Dropbox business
Hi I want to read (or only reading is not possible, download) several files in different folders ,which is stored in a Dropbox buisiness account, programmatically in python. I were able to create an app and using Access Token download data when it was created in regular account, but when I select "Dropbox Business API"…
Disable challenge in Webhooks
Hi, I wanted to use a webhook to notify a Mattermost channel that a particular file has been edited in a Team folder in Dropbox Business. Issue is Mattermost implementation of Webhooks does not work with challenges. So I was wondering, is there a way to tell my dropbox App to NOT use a challenge when trying to connect to…
Buy new licenses programmatically
Hi, I searched the Business API endpoint and did not see any call to buy new licenses. I guess it is not feasible? I configured autoprovisionning in Azure AD so that new users are automatically added to Dropbox but it does not work if no License is available. So if I can't add licences programmatically, it means I must…
I have a question about oauth for authentication when using webhooks. Ideas?
Hi Team I know that dropbox uses oauth for authentication when accessing user accounts. Is that authentication is required everytime for webhook?? or it is used at once in the beginning??
How do i differentiating between deleted files and updated files.
When I rename a file or make any other changes to the file such as changing directory, etc, I am getting back two entries when I call list_folder/continue with the cursor. It is becoming difficult for me to differentiate the file changes from the deleted files. Also, the entry with the ".tag": "deleted" doesn't come with…
App isn't registered for correct URL scheme - Error
I am working with sync app called Ensembles that I am integrating with my app. Dropbox works fine with AppKey & AppSecret provide with the sync App. However, when registering my app and replacing the key and secret I am getting this error: 'DropboxSDK: unable to link; app isn't registered for correct URL scheme…
Image tagging which endpoint
Which http endpoint can I use to add tags to an image?
Business Endpoint - create a team folder
Hello folks, when I use the business endpoint to create a team folder (in the legacy configuration of Dropbox), the team folder is created but it is not displayed in the home page, only in the admin console. When I check it in the admin console, I can see no members linked to the team folder. So I checked the API reference…
webhooks
Hi Team As of now, dropbox webhooks is not supporting to get alerts/notifications when events happened in specific path. To achieve this either we can use one cursor and filter the entries with our required path, or we can use any third-party resources like aws eventbridge to handle this case. So it will be very great, if…
Upload image file using fetch in js
Hi All, I'm new to Dropbox API and I'm trying to upload image files from our website to dropbox using api. I'm using FETCH to POST data to dropbox and the file is uploading.However, the image is not getting loaded in dropbox. Below is code that I use: fetch('https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload', { method: 'post',…
How to upload file to DropBox folder that is accessible to others
I have a pretty simple requirement. I need to write c# code to upload a file to an existing DropBox folder (or even a new one if necessary) that others have access to so that the new file will also be in their dropbox folder on their windows machine (windows explorer). Per the documentation, I created an app and chose to…
filesListFolder slow
Hi, I use the Dropbox webhook to start a Javascript function I've written. It worked great the first few months when the folders just contained a few files. Now they contain approximately 200-250 files and it takes approximately 30 seconds to fetch all the files with filesListFolder function. This amount of time surely…
Typo in "Obsolete" attribute
The method declarations of both CreateFolderAsync(CreateFolderArg) and CreateFolderAsync(String, Boolean) are marked as obsolete: [Obsolete("This function is deprecated, please use CreateFolderAsync instead.")] public Task<FolderMetadata> CreateFolderAsync(CreateFolderArg createFolderArg); [Obsolete("This function is…
Getting 500s from team_log API
Hi, I'm running into an issue where making a request to the `team_log` endpoint succeeds if I specify a limit of 1 or 2 and no categories, but if I specify a limit of 3 or higher I get a 500. Successful request: ``` curl -vvv -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/team_log/get_events \ --header "Authorization: Bearer…
File id not found for update
I am testing some endpoints in the Dropbox API Explorer. Using the endpoint /get_metadata I get an id for a file like id: -x-m_bOc0rAAAAAAAAAA-A Now I want to use the endpoint /update Therefore the id is required. When I enter the id: -x-m_bOc0rAAAAAAAAAA-A I get the error, that no file is found with that id. What is the…
Team admin has no permission to delete_v2 files
For some reason, I am unable to find a way to delete files in a shared folder (team, business account). Sample request and response: curl -s -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/delete_v2 \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer whatever' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header 'Dropbox-API-Path-Root:…
App signout issue
Hi, Having issues with getting signed out in my app, so as to sign-in again with a different user (or simply prevent someone else from having unauthorised access due to still signed in). As far as I can see, you still don't have a signout method yet, and I've tried some of the things I've found suggested here to…
New folder path not found
Hello, I'm using curl to list subfolders like this which works great for folders that existed before my app was created: curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder --header "Authorization: Bearer <my bearer token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"path\": \"/vendor photos/SAND DESERT…
webhook delta
Hi Team How to get what file path has been changed using webhooks in conjunction with list_folder/continue using deltas?? It will be very helpful if anyone posts sample json returned value from webhook notification using delta??? Thanks
Eror 409 Conflict on auth request on Java code
Hello i have such problem with request for getting OAuth 2.0 token with part of documentation"token from oauth 1.0 Have some code with request curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/auth/token/from_oauth1 \ --header "Authorization: Basic <my basic token>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data…
Team log events on download activities stopped arriving
I have few Dropbox Business Advanced Plans and I've noticed that team log events on download activities suddenly stopped arriving on several accounts, while events on all other activities arrive properly. I query the events using RestAPI with the following request: URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/team_log/get_events…
empty response from copy api
https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/copy_v2 Two cases 1) id of files in both the input "from_path" and "to_path", 2) id of folder in "from_path" id of a file in "to_path". it gives EMPTY response, with 500 internal server error. can you provide a specific error message ?
Cannot load javascript from Dropbox - Incorrect Mime Type?
I am trying to load javascript code from Dropbox for use in personal bookmarklets. For instance, (function(){ const url = 'https://www.dropbox.com/s/5cbb5dki3rnpdei/DebugSimple.js?raw=1'; const e = document.createElement('SCRIPT'); e.src=url; document.head.appendChild(e); })(); However, when doing so I get the error…
Dropbox API
Is there any way to find out who modified or created the file using Dropbox API?
Over the air download via API fails today, worked yesterday.
Hi, I have an embedded device that downlopads firmware updates over the air via the DropBox API. Downloads worked fine yesterday, and fail today. The code has not changed since then, and I even went back to a revision built a few months ago, and it fails in exactly the same way. I am using a Texas Instruments CC3200…
How Can I get the Microsoft Details like Title, Owner, Subject, Keywords etc. of Doc file
I have uploaded a doc file and added some extra fields properties like tile, keywords, subject ,owner details. Please tell me how can I get these "Microsoft details" uisng Dropbox API, I am sharing you a screenshot, what I am exacctly needing.
Videos losing media_info in list_folder
A number of mp4 files that have been unmodified for a few months and which used to show metadata, have started losing their media_info and are now showing the 'file' tag when retrieved through the API with list_folder. I was wondering if this is something with a known cause and if there is anything i can do to make them…

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