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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: xxx> 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…
Creating Files
Hey everyone. I'd like to use Dropbox's "Create File" feature in my API, but I didn't see the option in the SDK. Anyone able to locate it? Thank you in advance!
Cancelling a file upload or download using Java 2 API
I have implemented a file upload and download capability in my Android app using the example approaches posted on GitHub. However, I need a way to interrupt the process to support the notion of 'cancel' by the user. There doesn't seem to be a way to do this? Once I get this far: FileMetadata metadata =…
Requesting an API call to find revision by date
I'm looking at the API documentation for /revisions, and it seems like it's missing a really obvious use case: finding the single revision closest to the specified date (or, the two revisions closest to the specified date on either side—that is, the latest revision before the specified date and the earliest revision after…
Slow upload speeds via Dropbox API via GoodSync
I'm currently syncing a folder to online-only access via GoodSync using the Dropbox API that they have implemented. I was forced to do this because using the Dropbox desktop client my files were uploadinging without consistent accurracy. Files were being placed in incorrect folders and I could not monitor the progress or…
How to remove shared link?
Hello! I have a follow struct of folders in my app: -Main --1 --2 --3 I use next query to get a personal shared link to each of folder in the Main (1, 2, 3) QUrl url; url.setScheme("https"); url.setHost("api.dropboxapi.com"); url.setPath("/2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings"); What query should I use to remove…
API for creating file and writing data into created file
Hello All, which API should i use to create text file and write data into created file? for eg. file name:- sample.txt file content:- "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" "No of Lines Present in the file" "48"…
Invalid access token
I generated an access token while creating my project on dropbox app console, and used that token to let my user's to fetch data from my drobox using my android app, everything worked fine for months but today i was getting an exception that my access token is not valid, then i generated a new access token from app console…
List content of Team forlders Within Python SDK
Hi, I'm trying to list all the files contained in a dropbox business team folder. I'm using the official Python SDK. I tried to use the dropbox.DropboxTeam class. Here is my code : dbx = dropbox.DropboxTeam("<TOKEN>"); I can list all the namespaces availables with : for entry in dbx.team_namespaces_list().namespaces:…
Dropbox file chooser inside Outlook Add-in
I have been trying to you use Dropbox Chooser to get the file destination from Outlook Add-in. It works fine on Desktop, but when I run the application through Outlook Mobile (on android) app, it launches the android browser. My question is how do I go back to my app (or ideally load the chooser inside the Outlook Add-in…
Direct link for file download
Hello All, I am new here and new to Dropbox integration. In my application we use chooser to select the files from end-user's dropbox account. When the user selects a file, the response contains a download url which is something like this…

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