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Hi Alexander, unfortunately, Dropbox doesn't currently an API for linking to previews in the mobile apps for items in folder shared links like this. I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request though.

[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39013369/ssl-peer-shut-down-by-dropbox ] The Dropbox API doesn't block by IP address or limit requests like this. Any rate limited requests will receive an explicit 429 or 503 response. Does this happen consistently? If not, perhaps it only happens if/when…

It seems the browser you're referring to is based on an old version of WebKit. Unfortunately, this browser isn't officially supported by the Dropbox web site: https://www.dropbox.com/help/3 That being the case, I'm afraid I don't have a good solution to offer, as we can't offer fixes for old browsers. When developing an…

[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39004071/using-dropxbox-in-mvc-5app ] The Dropbox API does enable you to upload files to a Dropbox account, returning the metadata. For example, you can use the /upload endpoint:…

Are you using /sharing/get_folder_metadata to get information on each shared folder? If so, you can instead use /sharing/list_folders[/continue] to list them all more efficiently.

Using the recursive parameter is the solution to that in API v2, as it lets you get all of the metadata in the account without needing to make a call for every folder.

In that case, make sure you're using /files/list_folder[/continue] with recursive to true to get the listing. And yes, it's based on making a large number of requests in a certain amount of time.

The rate limit system is based on the rate of API calls from an app-user pair over an amount of time. What endpoint are you getting that from though? Can you share some code and context so I may be able to offer some advice?

The Dropbox API does have a rate limiting system, but we don't have any specific numbers documented. It is only designed to prevent abuse though, and is accordingly very generous. You generally don't need to worry about hitting it in normal use, as Richard noted. Also note that not all 503s indicate rate limiting, but in…

Thanks for following up on this Nathan. The lag is usually relatively short, but it can vary, and can be on the scale of minutes. Anyway, the search and list_folder operations do operate using entirely different mechanisms. So, in general, if you can use list_folder in any particular scenario, that would be the better…

There can be some lag on search results (as opposed to the list_folder result). Are you still seeing this now that some time has gone by?

Dropbox does offer an API you can use to upload and download files, among other operations, such as getting shared links for files. You can find everything you need to get started with the Dropbox API, including documentation, tutorials, and SDKs here: https://www.dropbox.com/developers We recommend using one of the…

Hi Larry, this should be working as expected again. Please let me know if you're still seeing any issues.

Thanks for the additional information Larry. We're looking into it and I'll follow up here once I have an update for you.

The equivalent of API v1's /1/save_url in API v2 is /2/files/save_url. Both of those endpoints do require that the app specify the destination path for the file, in the "path" parameter. The "auto" value from v1 was used in the "root" parameter, which identified the access type of your app ("sandbox" or "dropbox"), or let…

Hi Ronan, Team member management does not include Team member file access, or the other way around. There isn't currently a way to register for both on the same app, so you'll need to register two apps. We'll consider this a feature request.

Thanks James. You shouldn't call authenticateDropboxLogin or authenticationSuccessful or finishAuthentication when you already have an access token. The access token is all you need to access the account. That is, once you have your DropboxAPI object using the retrieved access token, you can start making API calls with it.

Can you also share the exception/stack trace? Thanks in advance! 

Can you share a sample failing request and response? (Redact part of the access token to be safe though.) If you're using the OAuth 2 "code" flow, one thing we sometimes see is that the app saves the authorization code instead of the access token. The access token is re-usable, but the authorization code isn't. (The…

Thanks for the report Ed! This is an open issue with the team, though I don't have an update on it right now.

To list a folder in the JavaScript SDK, you would use filesListFolder and filesListFolderContinue. I'm not sure what you mean by "manage" exactly, but there are also other methods for other file operations, such as moving, copying, deleting, etc. Also, and for anyone else reading, please make sure to heed Stephen's advice…

[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38935509/dropbox-upload-file ] It looks like you're using the PHP Core SDK for the deprecated API v1. We recommend migrating to API v2 whenever possible. We don't have an official PHP SDK for API v2, but there are some third party ones listed here. Anyway,…

Thanks for the report Joel. It looks like we did have a spike in errors earlier, but that should be resolved now.

You could use a Dropbox shared link ( https://www.dropbox.com/help/274 ) to the video modified for raw access, ( https://www.dropbox.com/help/201 ) as the source for the video element on your site. -- Se puede usar un enlace compartida de Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/help/274) para el vídeo modificado para el acceso en…

Hi David, that's correct, /list_folder/continue only guarantees that it will get your app's state up to date with the server, and not that it will necessarily give you every change. If you want to list the changes for any particular file, you can use /files/list_revisions.

Hi Ashley, no, unfortunately I don't believe we have any documentation quite like that, but I'll pass this along as a request. 

Hi Joel, the "id" for a folder will stay the same through a rename, so you can store the "id"s for the files/folders in an account, and then find the new metadata entries with previously known ids from the response of each further call to /files/list_folder/continue.

Thanks for clarifying! That is our SDK, though we also haven't received any reports like this for that either. One helpful piece of information would be if this is only happening on that particular phone, or if you can reproduce it on another phone using the same browser. If it's just that specific phone, perhaps try…

We haven't received any reports of issues like this from other developers, but DropNet is made by a third party, so you may want to reach out to the maintainers instead. (Further, based on the screenshot, it looks like whatever browser being used is itself having trouble rendering the Dropbox site.)

Thanks for the project! Unfortunately, the issue doesn't reproduce for me using this project on a test device. The files and folders do get listed for me. Looking at your code though, one thing that might be an issue is how you're using your client object. That is, you're letting client be your authorizedClient, but that…