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You can find the system requirements in this help article: https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/system-requirements

Some delay is expected when using the search API endpoint, for both API v1 and API v2, per the documentation: /1/search and /2/files/search. The amount of delay depends on a number of different factors though, and can vary from account to account, and over time. That being the case, you will see varying amounts of delay…

I'm not sure I follow. You originally mentioned "the Dropbox JavaScript SDK", which I took to mean the official Dropbox JavaScript SDK: https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-js That does use the Dropbox API. That wouldn't work without an Internet connection. Creating the folder manually on the local filsystem (not using…

@"kremesko" This thread is for programmers experiencing a specific issue when creating API applications. It sounds like you're not a programmer running in to this particular issue, so you'd be better served by opening a thread in another section of the forum, e.g., Error messages. Or, if you're having trouble with a…

The difference is that with the Node JS library, you're communicating with the Dropbox servers directly, so any changes are essentially remote changes that get synced down to the desktop client, respecting the online only setting for the default behavior for new content. (I.e., the folder creation API call would work…

No, unfortunately there isn't an API call like that. We'll consider it a feature request, but I can't promise if/when it would be implemented. Sorry I don't have better news for you!

[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47094600/creating-a-syncing-folder-in-the-dropbox-desktop-folder-with-node-js ] If you use the JavaScript SDK to create a new folder, that contacts the Dropbox API servers to issue the create folder command. The Dropbox servers then sends down information…

The GetContentAsStream method yields a Stream, so you should be able to use CopyTo like this: var strm = await response.GetContentAsStreamAsync(); using (var fileStream = File.Create(localFilePath)) { strm.CopyTo(fileStream); }

It sounds like you want all of the users of your app to connect to your own Dropbox account only. The API was designed with the intention that each user would link their own Dropbox account, in order to interact with their own files. However, it is technically possible to connect to just one account. The SDKs don't offer…

That error message indicates that the Dropbox API couldn't parse the contents of the request body as JSON to read the parameters. Sending an empty request body is one way to cause that. Can you elaborate on the environment you're using to run this on your server? If you can share the steps to reproduce the issue, I'll be…

Mac OS X 10.6 uses an old version of Safari (up to 5.1.10 according to this article). That old version of Safari is unfortunately not supported by the Dropbox web site, so this functionality, such as logging in to the Dropbox web site, is not supported in that browser. You'll need to update the system/browser. Apologies I…

Thanks for post! There isn't a way to change the retries or timeout, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.

@"Jan_Zeman" Thanks for following up. This is open as a feature request from the team, but I don't have any news on it. I'm not aware of any current plans to implement this, but I'll be happy to reply here if/when I do have any news.

@"Jan_Zeman" Thanks for the reply and offer. I'll follow up here when I have any updates on this or if the team needs more information.

This issue is now fixed on master. Note for future reference though, we highly recommend only using the official release versions, and not just pulling from master. The commits on master may not be as well tested as the tagged release versions.

@"Laurent22" Unfortunately I don't have any news on this from the team. 

@"Jan_Zeman" Thanks for the detailed feedback! I'm sending it along to the team.

@"Jan_Zeman" No, I don't have an update on this.

To see the login information like this, you can query /2/team_log/get_events[/continue]: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams#team_log-get_events https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams#team_log-get_events-continue You can check for password_login_success events to see when each…

We don't have plans for an official PHP SDK for Dropbox API v2, but you can use a third party library: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/communitysdks Or, you can call the HTTPS endpoints themselves: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation

The Dropbox API doesn't return the file/folder ID for DeletedMetadata, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. That being the case, if you need to the ID for the deleted file, you'll need to record and retrieve it based on the file you last saw at that path, before the deletion. (Or, just use the DeletedMetadata…

@"jplw" Thanks for the feedback! I'll send it along to the team.

Yes, the Dropbox API has a rate limiting system, for both the user and Business endpoints. Note that not all 429s and 503s indicate explicit rate limiting, but in any case that you get a 429 or 503 the best practice is to retry the request, respecting the Retry-After header if given in the response, or using an exponential…

API v1 and API v2 offer different interfaces, so you will need to update your code. There's a migration guide here: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/migration-guide

If you use the official Dropbox desktop client, it will sync the contents of your Dropbox account to your local filesystem. Note that your local filesystem doesn't use the same path format as the remote Dropbox API though. For example, Dropbox API paths uses '/' as a separator, and not '\'. 1. The Dropbox API isn't really…

This error indicates an issue with the app's configuration. The developer of the third party app you're trying to link will need to apply for "production" before more users can connect to it. I recommend you contact the developer of the app asking them to do so.

Thanks for the report! Please use the latest SDK release, currently v3.3.4, instead of master for now to avoid this issue.

Dropbox webhooks unfortunately don't offer a way to register for notifications for specific folders, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. The best thing to currently do is use the webhook notification functionality that is available, and then call /2/files/list_folder[/continue] when notified to see what did…

I just wanted to follow up to update this thread about the current state of this functionality. On iOS 9 and 10, we support Document Picker modes "Import" and "Export", but not modes "Open" and "Move". On iOS 11, we support the new File Provider extension (which is iOS 11 only). Our general recommendation is for people to…

The error message is indicating that that's not a valid path value. The Dropbox path format doesn't necessarily match local filesystem path formats. For example, in this case, the path should be like "/NW Region Info Table Documents/0 Special Documents please read first file in this folder/DropboxForSeva.docx". In general,…