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Convert V1 User to V2 User With V2 BasicAccount Details
We have a set of applications that have been using the Dropbox V1 API and the users' Display Name, Token Value and Secret Value have been stored in the DB. We are now wanting to seamless convert the ...
FullAccount is a subclass of Account, which does include Email and Name.
var account = await this.client.Users.GetCurrentAccountAsync(); Console.WriteLine(account.Name.DisplayName); Console.WriteLine(account.Email);
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffYou can instead use GetCurrentAccountAsync to get the linked user's account information (i.e., for the user identified by the access token you use for the call), without specifying a user ID:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/M_Dropbox_Api_Users_Routes_UsersUserRoutes_GetCurrentAccountAsync.htm
So, call that with each access token you need to associate with user information.
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/M_Dropbox_Api_Users_Routes_UsersUserRoutes_GetCurrentAccountAsync.htm
So, call that with each access token you need to associate with user information.
The GetCurrentAccountAsync method returns FullAccount class - which does not include the User's personal information such as Name and Email, so that method doesn't work.
What method do I call to return the Account Class and/or the Name Class?
- Greg-DB
FullAccount is a subclass of Account, which does include Email and Name.
var account = await this.client.Users.GetCurrentAccountAsync(); Console.WriteLine(account.Name.DisplayName); Console.WriteLine(account.Email);
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