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dropbox.exceptions.BadInputError
I am trying to connect an app to my company dropbox account.
Here is the code:
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The DropboxTeam.as_admin method returns a Dropbox object; it doesn't modify the existing DropboxTeam object (dbx in your latest snippet here). So, the code in your latest snippet won't allow you to call files_list_folder on that 'dbx' object. You should save the returned Dropbox object and use that instead.
I get an error
dropbox.exceptions.BadInputError
dropbox.exceptions.BadInputError: BadInputError('4d74b1405c1c445d8449545260b7b9a1', 'Error in call to API function "users/get_current_account": This API function operates on a single Dropbox account, but the OAuth 2 access token you provided is for an entire Dropbox Business team. Since your API app key has team member file access permissions, you can operate on a team member\'s Dropbox by providing the "Dropbox-API-Select-User" HTTP header or "select_user" URL parameter to specify the exact user <https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams>.')
How can I fix this being that I'm using dropbox version 9.4.0.
And where in the code should I fix it?
Thank you!
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
This error message in particular is referring to specifying what account on the Business team to operate on behalf of. For reference, when using any "team scopes", the resulting access token is connected to an entire Dropbox Business team, not an individual account. So, when using a team-scoped access token to access user-specific endpoints, such as /2/users/get_current_account (users_get_current_account in the Python SDK), you will need to specify which member of the team you want to operate on behalf of.
To do this, you'd need to specify the 'Dropbox-API-Select-User' header (or 'Dropbox-API-Select-Admin' as needed/desired). The value should be theteam_member_idfor whichever member you wish to act on behalf of. In the Python SDK, you can set that header using theDropboxTeam.as_usermethod (orDropboxTeam.as_admin).
Alternatively, if you just want to connect to a particular account, you can disable any team scopes and get a new access token without them. The access token without the team scopes will be specific to the particular account (Business or not) and so will not require the additional header. You can find more information on scopes in the OAuth Guide. If you don't need to call any team endpoints (e.g., if you just need to call individual endpoints, such as /2/users/get_current_account (users_get_current_account in the Python SDK)), I recommend this solution instead for simplicity and security.Thank you.
I did that now:
id = os.environ.get('USER_ID') dbx = DropboxTeam(token) dbx.as_admin(id)But now, I can't do all the methods that I did in the Dropbox class above, for example files_list_folder().
How can I be able to do these methods?
- Greg-DB
The DropboxTeam.as_admin method returns a Dropbox object; it doesn't modify the existing DropboxTeam object (dbx in your latest snippet here). So, the code in your latest snippet won't allow you to call files_list_folder on that 'dbx' object. You should save the returned Dropbox object and use that instead.
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