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/2/files/get_metadata not returning all keys, e.g. sharing_info and parent_shared_folder_id
Hi,
I need to use this endpoint to get the parent_shared_folder_id.
The problem is that my json data does not return this info.
I get a response that looks like this:
{'.tag': 'f...
The sharing_info field, e.g., from /2/files/get_metadata, is optional and only returned, "if this file is contained in a shared folder".
To turn a folder into a shared folder, so that you can then retrieve the shared folder ID like that and/or add members to it, you would use the /2/sharing/share_folder endpoint (or share the folder manually via the Dropbox web site).
Hi,
So I'm seeing the problem. You only get a shared_folder_id returned to you if at least one person has been shared the folder.
I want to get the shared_folder_id so I can add members to a folder (per API specifications, I need to pass this id). The problem is that if I have no preexisting members for a folder, then I can't get the shared_folder_id. So I'm in a chicken-or-the-egg situation.
How do I work around this??
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
The sharing_info field, e.g., from /2/files/get_metadata, is optional and only returned, "if this file is contained in a shared folder".
To turn a folder into a shared folder, so that you can then retrieve the shared folder ID like that and/or add members to it, you would use the /2/sharing/share_folder endpoint (or share the folder manually via the Dropbox web site).
Thanks! I wasn't aware of the share_folder endpoint.
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