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How to full absolute path of a team folder using the namespace id?
We use full path to track dropbox files in our system. When a file is added in a team folder then we get an event that has "contextual" path. But when an external user drop a file then it does not have this field. So, how can I get full path of the team folder using its namespace id.
Retrieve all files in App shared folder (respecting folder tree)
Hi! I'd like to display all files of from a shared folder, using DropBox API respecting my folder hierachy. I followed 2 different ways : 1) My first idea was to use the files/list_folder endpoint (and recursive parameter as true) then files/list_folder/continue as mentionned in lot of answers here to get all files and…
Drobox upload
Can i send stream object to dropbox upload api? or else can i send data in multipart format. because when i try to upload data by sending stream in body i get error {"code":404,"name":"ActionUncaughtException","body":{"name":"TypeError","message":"First argument must be a string, Buffer, ArrayBuffer, Array, or array-like…
Dropbox API 2 supports .Net Core 1.1?
Hi, I have an ASP.Net Core 1.1.1 app that uses the DropBox API. When starting Visual Studio 2017 I get an error message: Package Dropbox.Api 4.3.0 is not compatible with netcoreapp1.1 (.NETCoreApp,Version=v1.1). Package Dropbox.Api 4.3.0 supports: - net45 (.NETFramework,Version=v4.5) -…
How to get list members on a team folder using team admin token?
Hi, How can I use the team admin token to find the member list on a team folder? My doubt is, to get the list of members I need to provide some memberId with header "Dropbox-API-Select-User". But I dont know who all has access on the folder so I cannot provide that info. Please help. Thanks, Manish
Changing Folder Owner Via API
Hi, I have been trying to use the API explorer to work out 1) who the owner of a folder is, and 2) then change the owner of the folder. The main issue I'm coming across is that using 'list_folder' to get the id and sharing id (if shared) is that when using either as the id on 'list_file_members' it always returns an error.…
Download folder as ZIP in api v2?
One of my apps that i'm trying to migrate from API v1 to v2 uses the v1 functionality where you can download https://content.dropboxapi.com/1/files/auto/path/to/folder, and dropbox sends you a ZIP file so long as the contents of the folder are small enough. Has the auto-zip functionality been completely removed in API v2…
Dropbox APi 400 Bad Input parametr
Hello, I have a problem with my blog on WordPress. I have backup on Dropbox and since few days I have received error messagges. What should I do? : 35] 1. Try to send backup file to Dropbox … [17-May-2019 03:36:36]…
File/Folder paths arent set
Hello, when I try to call /files/get_metadata of any file or folder, the returned entry doesn't contain path_lower or path_display. I am assuming that means those values aren't set, but I'm not sure how that can even happen. This is an issue because it means I can only access files via the File ID, but when you look up…
VBA code to get Shared Folder link
Hi Can somebody please tell me if it's possible to retrieve a shared folder link (that I will later send on to a 3rd party) using VBA and presumably the DropBox API? I know the exact path to the folder on my C drive that I would like to send a link to ("C:\Users\me\Dropbox\JobName\Folder2Link") so just want to retrieve the…
Import all Audio files from dropbox
Hi, I want to import all audio files from all dropbox flders and files in one api call. is it possible? Thank you.
Issues with API Limits
We are an IT company and setup Dropbox for a client as an alternative to Google Drive as they were having syncing issues. We have been recommending Dropbox to all our clients up to this point. We installed a Synology NAS and started it syncing with their Dropbox using Synology Cloud Sync. There was about 100gb of data.…
Using the Javascript Chooser API in a Web Extension
I am developing a feature for my note taking Firefox Web Extension to import text from a text file from the User's Dropbox using the Javascript Chooser API After invoking the Dropbox.choose(options) with a button, the resulting window fails to load properly, displaying the message indicated in the attached image below…
clearStoredAccessTokens
Hello, I'm still new to Swift so this may be a dumb question, but here goes... I want to invoke the clearStoredAccessTokens() function of the DropboxOAuthManager class. I coded this... DropboxOAuthManager.clearStoredAccessTokens() ... and the compiler is giving me this... Instance member 'clearStoredAccessTokens' cannot be…
Swift 5.0.1 build error
I came back to my app to make a change after a few months. Before I could open Xcode, I had to upgrade to release 10.2.1, and I had to update MacOS to 10.14.5. During that time, I also upgraded my iPhone to iOS 12.2. Since the upgrade, I can't build my project. I'm getting the following error: Module compiled with Swift…
Checking the Percent of File being uploaded via /save_url/
Hi , I am uploading a file via /save_url/ . I used /save_url/check_job_status to check the progress , It only shows "in_progress" . No info about percent of file uploaded . Any way to know the percentage of file being uploaded ?
Cannot upload Image file with Dropbox API in C# - uploading corrupt image instead
Hello. I am trying to upload an image file into my dropbox account with the dropbox api. The image is being uploaded using this code, but it's a corrupt image. Here is my code: public async Task UploadToDropbox() { using (var dbx = new DropboxClient(dbToken)) { string srcFilePath = @~\useruploads\; string srcFileName =…
Show upload progress to progressbar
Hello, how can i show the upload status to a progressbar in visual basic with dropbox api?
No access -App folder deleted (Pending)
I have added an App access request using the link from the app and accepted it. I gave the access code to the app. In my account I see the "connected" app, but it says "No access - App folder deleted (Pending)" As I understand I have to have the /Apps/{AppFolderName} AND I DO HAVE IT. How do I fix this problem ? Thanks
Download failed when I use method save_url
Hi! I want to upload file to my dropbox with URL. I use swift and method: client.files.saveUrl(path: pathDropbox, url: "https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=ht..... ").response.... I get response with asyncJobId, after it I call method: client.files.saveUrlCheckJobStatus(asyncJobId: jobId).response...... But always get…
dropbox paper api
hi, i am tring to implemet the paper api into my site, cloudsfer.com is dealing with data migration. i have a few questions. 1. when using docs/list request i am getting only docs Id's (somw of the id's are folders and some are paper doc - and no other info on them like name creation date modify date ,Revision) 2. when…
File upload
Hello everyone, according to HTTP API Documentation (https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#file_properties-properties-add), I made this HTTP post from my esp8266 as in the first picture. The response I got was the following html code. This indicates ERROR 404. Can anyone point out the mistake…
API webhook not being called
I have a Dropbox app setup to call a webhook URL to issue update notifications. This was all working until a few days ago but has now stopped working. As far as I can tell everything is setup correctly: * The app is registered with my account using OAuth; * I can access files in the app folder for my account over the API…
ID of deleted folders
Is there a way to retrieve the IDs of deleted folders? We are trying to use download_zip on some deleted folders and it cannot find deleted folders by path. Are there any alternatives to downloading deleted folders without restoring them?
Too many write operations when moving a file
We are renaming many files using the "2/files/move_v2" API, and we perform the operation on many files for a single user parallely. We get many "too_many_write_operations" error. I know about the "lock contention" but not sure why it should affect this because this is just a rename. Questions: * Why are we getting this…
Issues with iOS app lately
Hi guys, We have had drobpox import into our app for years, but in the last few days I have gotten numerous reports of users being: 1) Unable to load images via Dropbox in the app or 2) NEWLY created folders are not showing up in the chooser in our app but they are showing up on the dropbox app on the same device. We…
OAuth2 Flow in Chrome App fails
Hi, I'm working on a ChromeOS App that integrates with Dropbox. I can't get the OAuth2 token flow to work using chrome.identity.launchWebAuthFlow. Rolling my own version of that API to do the token flow works. The most suspicious thing I see in the browser logs is that there is a GET to /oauth2/authorize that gets aborted.…
Warning 'You're about to link an app that will consume your team's available upload API quota'
A customer is connecting to our app and they get this warning. 'You're about to link an app that will consume your team's available upload API quota. For more information, please visit our Help Center.' Image link here - https://imgur.com/a/PnYBT What is this? We didn't write this, and we don't see it when we connect to…
-canOpenURL: failed for URL: "dbapi-8-emm://1/connect" - error: "The operation couldn’t be completed
I am getting the errors below after the following swift code: DropboxClientsManager.authorizeFromController(UIApplication.shared, controller: self, openURL: { (url: URL) -> Void in UIApplication.shared.openURL(url) }) 2019-05-08 20:11:56.664761-0500 DropBoxExample2[313:14412] -canOpenURL: failed for URL:…
unable to list files in shared folder
Hi, I'm trying to access all files in a shared folder using the dropbox api "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder". When doing this I only get the folder. None of the contained files, even though i explicitly enable recursive folder traversal.. Am I doing something wrong or is it impossible to actually list files…

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