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This is now possible using the /sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings endpoint on API v2: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-create_shared_link_with_settings In the latest version of the Python SDK, that's the sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings method:…

That's also not currently available, but I'll pass that along as a request as well.

The Dropbox API doesn't currently offer a way to set a custom expiration on shared links, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request.

This isn't possible with /delta, but it is the behavior of /metadata. 

[Cross linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32034819/error-when-uploading-a-directory-to-dropbox-including-all-files-and-sub-director ]

Yes, the OAuth 1 authorization page at /1/oauth/authorize is only for API v1, and will be retired with API v1. You'll need to migrate to using the OAuth 2 authorization page at /oauth2/authorize. (API v2 doesn't support OAuth 1, so the OAuth 1 page won't be useful once API v1 is retired anyway.)

API v1, a.k.a. the Core API, supports both OAuth 1 and OAuth 2 and will continue to do so. Note that API v1 is already deprecated in favor of API v2. API v2 only supports OAuth 2. The /1/oauth2/token_from_oauth1 endpoint you mentioned allows you to get an OAuth 2 access token from an OAuth 1 access token. We recommend…

Yes, OAuth 2 access tokens for the Dropbox API, including those generated from the App Console, don't expire by themselves.

[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32030105/dropbox-api-listing-content-of-shared-public-folder ] 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…

Hi Tim, Mark's correct, Dropbox offers various interfaces for integrating Dropbox functionality into third party applications, but don't offer a service for just implementing them. For reference, if you want a way to easily let your users save files you specify to their own Dropbox accounts, the Dropbox Saver would be a…

Can you elaborate as to what functionality/integration you want exactly?

For reference, the parameters for shared links are documented here: https://www.dropbox.com/help/201

To follow up on this, in case anyone following hasn't seen it yet, /files/list_folder now takes an "include_deleted" parameter.

Sorry, no update on this yet.

This isn't currently available in v2, but it is planned.

[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31328498/ios-dropbox-sdk-chunked-upload-of-open-file ] If I understand the scenario correctly, this should work. The chunked uploading contract doesn't need (and in a way, can't) know about the state of the local file/data. It just receives the chunks of…

It sounds like you have a different question now, so please open a new thread with the details, so as to not spam the other people on this thread.

I'm not sure offhand if/what changed or when, but API v2 doesn't/hasn't officially supported that permission, so you'll need to use another in order to use API v2: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps/create

Hi Anchal, please don't post the same question repeatedly. I've answered your question both in the other thread you posted in, as well as the ticket you filed.

Thanks for the feedback Justin. We don't have a public release date quite to share yet unfortunately. You may want to subscribe to the blog though: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/blog Anyway, both the app folder and full Dropbox permission are currently supported by the API v2 beta. You can find more information on the…

Is your app registered for the file type permission? The file type permission currently isn't supported by the API v2 beta, so you'll need to use a different permission for now.

Thanks for the additional information! I'm looking into this, but it would help me track down why the thumbnail generation for these files is failing if I had a sample I could try. Can you share one or two of these .mov files for which the API isn't giving you thumbnail? You can share them privately by opening a ticket…

Sometimes, the retrieval or generation itself of a thumbnail can fail, even if the API expects a thumbnail to be available (i.e., thumbExists). Is this happening with all .mov files you have, or only some? If it's only some, do you notice any pattern to the files, e.g., did they all come from the same camera, etc.? Did…

[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31314298/dropboxapi-check-file-exist-or-not and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31324098/check-file-exist-before-uploading-dropboxapi ]

Hi Nesanel, this thread is in the API Development forum, talking about the Dropbox developer platform. It sounds like your specific issue may be better suited in the Issues & Troubleshooting, or by contacting support.

Is the file on the receiving end being downloaded by the official Dropbox desktop client, or a custom client using the API? The desktop client will only place files into the actual location in the Dropbox folder once the whole file is available, so you don't need to worry about that. If you're using the API, this will…

In the iOS Core SDK, when you have a DBSession with more than one account linked to it, you specify the user ID for the account you want to use when you construct a DBRestClient, using: - (id)initWithSession:(DBSession *)session userId:(NSString *)userId; In the deprecated iOS Sync SDK, you use…

Yes, this is certainly possible. In the official Dropbox iOS SDKs, for example, you can use the linkFromController method to link as many accounts as you want, and it will store the access tokens for you in the keychain, identified using the relevant user IDs. You can then retrieve the account again later when you need it.…

One thing that may explain some of the disparity is that the web server may be able to make calls at a much faster rate than the Android device can. Can you check what rate you are making the calls at when you see this though? And in any case, when you get one of these responses, the best thing to do is to check and…

Where you use an access token shouldn't really affect this. Do you have a basic idea of the rate at which you are making calls? The rate limiting system is generally pretty generous. It also works per-user, so are you seeing this only for a specific user(s)? If so, it may be due to the user(s) having many more files or…