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clientModified & serverModified date
Hi there, I`m facing an issue with the modified dates. The mechanism that I`m working on fetches the client`s files each time a process identifies a new file is added. when the fetching process starts it is checking if there are a new files were added via the serverModified date: only if it is later than the existing date…
Direct download using ?dl=1 returns html page
Hi, I'm downloading a folder from dropbox using `curl` with the public share url, and the `dl=1` query parameter. This used to work perfectly until this morning, when it started returning a html page instead. Is this change intentional, and if so, what would be the recommended way to directly download files then? Thanks in…
Issue with shared link + ?dl/?raw when it contains specific characters in Filename
Hi! I have an issue with shared links with specific characters in the filename when combined with ?dl or ?raw parameter. When I replace the filename part with the ID of the file, the shared link does work (but that isn't the url returned by the API) -------- Example File Constitucion.pdf (without ó) (Does work)…
Net Core 2.0 Compability?
Hi, Is the Dropbox API 2 compatible with the NetCore 2.0? Specifically ASP.Net 2.0? Oskar
Simple client Dropbox (which uses API v2)
Where can I get a simple client to synchronize one folder on the computer. Need to constantly sync only one folder. in the folder change files and need to constantly sync. The standard client is very large and consumes a lot of RAM. Please help to find a simple client for Windows. :slight_smile:
Is there any way of getting user's profile picture?
As far as I know there is no API for that in both v1 and upcoming v2 of Dropbox Core API. Is there any workaround? E.g. can I manually make an URL for getting a user's photo (given I have an access token)?
API trigger to send images to server once uploaded in drop box
We use dropbox to put images that some people access. In the end we send these images to a server running laravel. Does dorpbox have some type of trigger when images are uploaded they can sync or upload to the server folder? or can I use dropbx API along with rsync and periodically fetch the new changes from a dropbox…
"restricted content" errors, except not copyrighted?
Hey there; I am making API requests to sync my dropbox to my freenas server using rclone / pull / sync. it keeps failing for "restricted content". However if you look at the files that are failing it seems highly unlikely they are restricted. mostly minecraft world files that we created... Shouldn't be a copyright problem…
Dropbox Paper folder creation API
The Dropbox Paper API allows to list folders, but not to create a new one. It seems to be possible to create a folder from the Android app, so I suppose there is probably a private endpoint to do this. Is there any plan to add a public API endpoint to create a Dropbox Paper folder? Thanks.
Can dropbox replace existing FTP process
Hello, We are currently using FTP to share file with external vendor. The file is generated via scheduled batch job and placed in the FTP location for external vendor to download and process it further. We have Dropbox for Business - Advanced subscription. We are currently in the process to determine if we need FTP server…
How to provide the Dropbox-API-Select-User HTTP header with python API
Hi ! I've generated access token for Business App, and tried to make simple request dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(my_token) dbx.files_list_folder(path).entries But I got dropbox.exceptions.BadInputError: 'Error in call to API function "files/list_folder": This API function operates on a single Dropbox account, but the OAuth 2…
Issue with access files
Hello i want to access changed files in dropbox , so i created a webhook https://dpintegration.herokuapp.com/webhook and also i got data according to instruction mentioned in webhooks section { list_folder: { accounts: [ 'dbid:AACWK8UMlcqEvIjOCfL8gQrmy1uJvS8zzlE' ] },delta: { users: [ 542524594 ] } } and i'm not using…
files/list_folder not returning all files
I'm trying to pull in a list of all files from dropbox - I have a folder with ~ 500 files in it. However, if I call list_folder, e.g.: curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \ --header "Authorization: Bearer REDACTED" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"path\":…
Blank page on AOSP browser Android 6.0
I get a blank page when I try to do a API Request. The blank page appears also on dropbox.com website. The issue affected AOSP browser on Android 6.0, others browsers work good, AOSP Browser on Android 4.4.4 works good. I need a workaround beacuse the app run on a custom device without PlayStore with only the default…
files/get_metadata returns path not found
All get_metadata calls are returning a path not found error for anything (files or folders) from a business account, but works fine with anything inside the personal folder. I can access the folders and files as well as download them fine from web console. Additionally, we tried sharing a folder with a user outside the…
need help with Microsoft Power BI integration
Hi. I am looking for a code example on how to use Dropbox API v2 and a token to make Power BI Service connect to a folder inside Dropbox. I have a new client that wants to witch from OneDrive but so far I found it difficult to make Dropbox API work on Power BI. Any help?
Problem with file integrity when uploaded
Hello there, I am getting an issue with the files uploaded via the API. the Dropbox hash differ from the original and uploaded. (venv34) Kapss-MacBook-Pro:python bramburn$ python hash_file.py /Users/bramburn/Desktop/Toc1012.fls d2d3e87285f85ffaa8ddf0870a46bb2e580a293e32ba20a155317654479dfb2c (venv34)…
Downloading a file from using the Python Dropbox API
Hello, Sorry for the basic question. I'm updating the code I had for the V1 Python API and I'm having a trouble with the download function. Originally I used the following: f, metadata = client.get_file_and_metadata('/' + j) out = open(j) out.write(f.read()) out.close() Where 'j' is just a name of a picture from a list of…
Internal server error 500 when attempting to restore files
I deleted a handful of files and am trying to restore them, but about 1/3 of them give an internal server error when attempting to do so. Below is the request ID and below that is the code being used. It's very simple code for this piece. Found file to restore (212): /weber/cs 2350/www/p2/template/cover Failure:…
Internal Server Error 500 when attempting files_restore()
I am attempting to restore files that I deleted and am getting frequent internal server error (500). I've had this issue in the past a number of months ago and it also went unresolved. I actually found a backup copy of that directory in question so I just figured the support request would go unanswered. My current issue is…
https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/team_log/get_events
Filtering team events by timerange is not working. After specifying start_time and end_time it's still giving all the events. url = BASE_URL + "team_log/get_events" params = { "time": { "start_time": "2017-06-29T06:40:45Z", "end_time": "2018-01-25T15:51:30Z", }, } response = requests.post(url, headers=custom_header,…
Restricted Content Error Again
Hello, I am facing Restricted content Error for some files in dropbox while downloading them using Dropbox API for Biz using .NET. Files for Dropbox Customer A: /Archive/company/filmdistrict legal/1_forms/administrative tools/credits templates/Billing Block Template/._EXAMPLE Billing Block - UPDATED TEMPLATE (5.3.12).doc…
socket.timeout issue even with session upload
Hello I have quite a large amount of files on my machine and I have given up using the dropbox app as it just will not sync. I am using the dropbox python sdk but I am having socket.timeout issues. I am using upload_session for the large files but this affects both large (files_upload_session) and small (files_upload). I…
Internal server error when sharing folders
Hi, is there some kind of limitation with sharing folders? I'm trying to share 5.4k folders and I'm getting PollError('internal_error', None)) consistently. Sometimes the files share, sometimes they don't. I can manually share them no problem and usually I can share them as one offs in a python REPL using the dropbox sdk.…
REST API v2: /list_folder/continue returns not_found error after changing the sharing state
Hi Dropbox-Team, I have a few folders on Dropbox. I have a client app that observes each folder with "2/files/list_folder/longpoll". If a change is detected, I process the change with "2/files/list_folder/continue". This is working fine so far. Now I encountered this issue: I share one of these folders with another account…
HTTP API Throttling?
Hi, I am using the http API to upload files into my account, however >50% of them fail and I suspect it is because I can have up to 20 parallel processes trying to upload in a window of about 5 seconds. Error message: {"error_summary": "too_many_write_operations/", "error": {"reason": {".tag":…
How to get meta data of current path
Hi ! I just need to get metadata of my current path, so I use dropbox.Dropbox(my_token).files_get_metadata('') But I got this error dropbox.stone_validators.ValidationError: '' did not match pattern '(/(.|[ ......)' I tried '.' , '/' instead of ' ' , but i got the same error It's strange, cause when I want to list my…
Direct Download raw=1 Doesn't Work
We've recently become unable to directly download dropbox files via CLI (via curl). We used to append `raw=1` to the share link, and everything would work. Now, appending raw=1 to the share link downloads a JS App that creates and submits a form in-browser, and thus, no longer works with simple CLI tools.
Dropbox Peering
Hello, We are downloading our customer's large dropbox account data on Microsoft Azure machines using Dropbix for Business API. Is there any way we can speed up the dropbox downloads. I have heard of a technique called Peering. How can we use it in our solution ? Thanks, Gagan
How to identify team member folder in the
I'm using 2/files/list_folder endpoint to list folders in user's root folder. Is it possible to determine if folder is Team member folder or not?

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