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The Dropbox API now offers the ability to get thumbnails in batches: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_thumbnail_batch If you're using an official SDK, there will also be a corresponding method for this endpoint.

The Dropbox API now offers the ability to get thumbnails in batches: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_thumbnail_batch If you're using an official SDK, there will also be a corresponding method for this endpoint.

We don't have an example for using upload sessions in the API v2 Objective-C SDK unfortunately, but I'll pass this along as a request for one. I have some samples for other languages though, which may still be useful, since the logic is the same. For example, a simple implementation in Python: f = open(file_path) file_size…

The Dropbox API now offers the ability to get thumbnails in batches: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_thumbnail_batch

I just wanted to follow up on this to let you know that the Dropbox API now offers the ability to get thumbnails in batches: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_thumbnail_batch

The include_property_groups parameter on /2/files/get_metadata takes a TemplateFilterBase object, so specifying it would look like this: curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_metadata \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"path\":…

The Dropbox API itself is just an interface accessed by HTTPS, so it doesn't have specific system requirements. It can be called from any platform that can make HTTPS calls. If you're using a particular SDK or library for connecting to the API, that SDK/library may have specific system requirements, which would be covered…

I see, thanks for clarifying. (Part of confusion is that the Dropbox JavaScript SDK can actually be used in Node JS in addition to in browser JavaScript, but it sounds like you're not actually referring to that.) That is, you're actually referring to the difference between these two operations: 1) Creating a folder on the…

Can you share the error/output? Thanks in advance!

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…