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Ritesh
8 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Create Property Template in API2 Java
Hi, I want to save some custom properties to a file that I upload. It appears that in order to add property/property groups, I need to supply a template Id but I'm not able to find a way to create/a...
Greg-DB
8 years agoDropbox Staff
The endpoints for adding templates aren't currently exposed, as the feature is still in development. I'll send this along as a request for them though.
- AlexC6 years agoNew member | Level 2
Any news about how can we add custom properties to a file?
- Greg-DB6 years agoDropbox Staff
Yes, this functionality is now available. You can find the documentation for them in the Java SDK here, starting under "propertiesAdd":
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-java/api-docs/v3.0.x/
The other official SDKs also have methods for these.
Or, if you're not using an SDK, you can find the corresponding HTTP endpoints documented here:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#file_properties
- Ritesh26 years agoNew member | Level 2
It appears that the apps with "app folder" permissions are not allowed to use these endpoints. What are apps like those supposed to do if they want to add file properties?
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