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Dropbox access token keep revoke after some time
I have a personal account on dropbox for saving some data automatically through python script, the account working smoothly with the script except one issue, the access token keep changing every 2 days or like that (my script working daily automatically), because of this issue I have to every some time generate new access…
Dropbox revoke my access token without being requested to do so
Hi, Im doing a project using dropbox api on python and I need to use access token for it, the problem is that everytime I create an access token, he get revoked after aboud day.... It's freaking me... Can I do something to cancel it?
unable to upload files using javascript
Hi There! Hope you are doing good. I get the following error when I try to upload the files to dropbox. I did the following to get the access token 1. Login to the Site 2. create a App 3. Generate the Access Token 4. Use the token in the code here is my code…
How do I write a client program to access a shared folder?
Hello - I am new to Dropbox API/client programming. I was able to get a basic program running. It access a folder owned by someone else but is shared with me. However, at the moment, I have to get an access token from the developer API portal everytime I ran the program. I am wondering what is the proper design to build a…
Run API on internal server with http instead of https
Dear all, I developed a webbased django app locally which works perfectly fine. No I'm stuggling to run the app on the internal server. The Redirect URIs returns:' Non-local OAuth 2 redirect URIs may not start with "http:" or "javascript&colon;"' But the internal server is not jet capable of handling https. Is it possible…
Dropbox Space Usage Differences
Hello Greg, We have few Dropbox for Biz accounts whose Usage Size is shown in Admin Console screen. I used Dropbox API - GetSpaceUsageAsync of Dot Net SDK to obtain Space Usage programatically (using following API). DropboxClient clientadmin2 = teamclient.AsMember(ti.Profile.TeamMemberId); Dropbox.Api.Users.SpaceUsage…
Can you help me understand and use WebHooks?
Hi all! I experience problem with understanding and using web hooks. Hope that someone can help me. So, let me explain the case. I use Chooser on my site, configured for getting 'preview' links. I send these links to the server, which downloads and stores files. I want to extend this functionality and monitor changes in…
Newbie Question: Compiler error when going from sample to project.
I appolgize if this is not the correct forum for this question. As the issue came up working with the APIs here, I figured I would start here and go elsewhere if necessary. I'm using the latest .NET dropbox.api library on VS 2019. I have been asked to create a in-house library for other developers to use until we can put…
OAuth2 issues with Dropbox and Xamarin.Auth
I have Xamarin.Auth working with Google drive on Android/iOS/UWP, and I want to add support into my app for Dropbox. Xamarin.Auth is nice because I only have to write the code once, and it handles a lot of the complications. It works with multiple oauth like Twitter, facebook and others. But I've run into an issue with the…
DownloadError path full access token using root path
I am trying to download files using the root path. response=dbx.with_path_root(dropbox.common.PathRoot.root("6600419808")).files_list_folder(Master_path) for res in response.entries: metadata, f = dbx.with_path_root(dropbox.common.PathRoot.root("6600419808")).files_download(res.path_lower) How do I find the correct path to…
Getting "Stream does not support seeking" with GetContentAsStreamAsync
Hi, I'm currently using a C#/.NET nuget which works as expected when printing from an embedded resource as a stream. The problem is that it's not working when I try to use a Dropbox stream instead - I get "Stream does not support seeking". So, this code works.... Stream…
is_team_folder returns false for team folders
I'm using DropBox Business Standard. The top level team space is My Team. Within that is a folder name WIP Folder. The list_folders API command shows that WIP Folder is not a team folder as is_team_folder is set to false. WIP Folder is a team folder though, it has the team folder icon referenced here:…
A shared folder where the non-owner changes content, causes cursor loop with wrong data
FALSE POSITIVE REPORT -- this turned out to be a false positive with an overflow of the cursor length on our side causing repeat calls. Combined with the unexpected "delete" folder that occurs when you share a folder, we thought this was a bug, but soon found the root cause. SCENARIO: 1. User Create a folder. 2. User Share…
Steering iOS dropbox app to go to a folder location
Hi people, I need to guide people from an external app (FileMaker Go) to the correct dropbox folder. I found something but it's probably a bit of a hack, and it only works with shared folders. I use "dbapi-6://1/viewLink?url=" with the encryped path of a shared folder link. It works fine, the dropbox app activates and goes…
create_shared_link_with_settings returns 500 internal server error.
Hello, Could you please check if there is a problem with endpoint create_shared_link_with_settings? it returns a 500 internal server error. X-Dropbox-Request-Id : "6fc8c059babbb3ca86835079d334694d"
Parent folders/spaces
Hello everybody, I am using your API. While setting up the connection to the API, the team environment is always choosen. When using the method /2/files/search_v2, when I only set up the name which the file should contain without the path, all files from every "parent" folder is gotten. But when I use…
Javascript SDK to authorize user and get access token
Hi, I am trying to get access token after Autharization. So on button click I redirect user to https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=<APP_KEY>&response_type=code So user goes through the steps and authorize the app but it goes to a page like this II I use Window.open with redirect url.…
Paper API migration - Can old Dropbox account be moved to Paper 2020 now before September 20?
As we are using Paper APIs in our application, we have started Paper API migration changes, but to avoid some complexities, we wanted to deprecate old Paper APIs and move all our users with old Dropbox account to Paper 2020 now before September 2020. Is there any way to do this?
Client modified/Server modified when editing the file
Hello folks, I am using Dropbox with your API. When I change an already existing file (for example I have a document which I update to new version), the fields "client_modified" and "server_modified" change to the date when this happened. What is the meaning of the fields "client/server modified"? When I restore the file,…
How to upload file using spring boot in drop box
Hi, I m new to dropbox and need guidance regarding the uploading of the file in dropbox in spring boot.
Java Api upload same file rename not working
Hello everybody, from 12.30 on 10/15/2019 the Dropbox Api java does not force the renaming of the existing files. Load the file xyz.pdf and dropbox, correctly, assigns me the id <id: ******> but when I re-upload the same file xyz.pdf the rename does not work: I expected the file to be renamed to xyz (1).pdf and the id…
SwiftDropbox too many write operations when writing 4 files
Hi there, I'm using the SwiftyDropbox library to upload files to Dropbox in an iOS app (Swift). I have a loop where I initiate uploads for 4 files: for filePath in filePaths { let fileUrl: URL! = URL(string: "file://\(filePath)") //let fileData = try String(contentsOf: fileUrl, encoding: .utf8) let fileData = try…
Paper API - Create Paper Document
So I've found your API for Paper, however it doesn't include the ability to create paper document. Specifically with content in it. I have a separate question/request around templates (https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-Paper/Customize-quot-Create-meeting-doc-quot-or-Custom-Templates/m-p/200016). If we could have an…
Max files Upload using javascript SDK
I can find any relevant section that addresses how many files i can upload in concurrent requests. means if i am using javascript SDK and i trigger 100 files via looping the code that creates a promise for every request. Are there any limits to how many requests i can trigger at a time?
Save files to dropbox using the save file function
Hi, Today i saw this feature that allow a user to just click a button to save the file to the dropbox account. So i was thinking in taking advantage of this feature by creating a page were i just type the direct location on a input field and after pressing the button the file gets transfered. I have tried diferent…
Link to Dropbox App Folder
Hi! We have a Dropbox Application to backup user's website to dropbox. On Settings page we have a link to destination folder which opens user's dropbox like this https://www.dropbox.com/home/Apps/[OURAPP]/folder_path However sometimes Apps folder is located somewhere else or user renamed it or moved. Thus this link is not…
Connection timeouts
Hi, From approximately 22:30 UTC on 27 Oct until present we have been getting timeouts when trying to connect to the Dropbox API: cURL error 7: Failed to connect to content.dropboxapi.com port 443: Connection timed out (see http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) Traceroute to content.dropbox.com is as follows:…
"has_more = true" was returned even though "files / list_folder" was less than "limit".
I tried to get information about all files and folders in my account. I restricted the number of acquisitions by "limit".So I tried to get the rest by " / list_folder / continue", when I cannot get all. However, "has_more=true" was returned returned, despite being less than the "limit". Is this a bug in Dropbox? Response…
Some audit logs arrive with masked ip address
I'm using get_events rest api to fetch activity logs. I've noticed that part of the logs arrive with masked ip_address field. For example this was part of the activity log(the original ip was changed for the purpose of an example):…
Problem with copy folder api in c#
I have created a team folder structure with subfolder levels and I create these folders with the dropbox api. Structure Folder Level 1: Companies Folder Level 2: Customers Folder level 3: Projects For every level folders I set specific users permissions. Now I would like to copy a Project folder with all files and insert…

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