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Error updating Preferred Name ( New First and Last name )
We got a requirement to update our Dropbox first and last name. Is it simply to to use info to update an existing user Dropbox first name and last name. Our wrote the code using json API but not as familiar with Python SDK. Any help is greatly appreciated
I tried below but it doesnt update the data.
user = dropbox.team.UserSelectorArg.email(dropboxemail)
result = dbx_team.team_members_get_info_v2([user])
print(result)
for info in result.members_info:
if info.is_member_info():
print("\n\nName is : " + str(info.get_member_info().profile.name) )
print("\n\nFirst Name is : " + str(info.get_member_info().profile.name.given_name))
print("\n\nLast Name is : " + str(info.get_member_info().profile.name.surname))
print("Account ID : " + info.get_member_info().profile.team_member_id)
print("Email is : " + info.get_member_info().profile.email)
print("\nPersistent ID is : " + info.get_member_info().profile.persistent_id)
print("External ID is : " + info.get_member_info().profile.external_id)
Documentation is not clear. See solution. Please advise if I misunderstood anything.
team_members_set_profile_v2(user, new_email=None, new_external_id=None, new_given_name=None, new_surname=None, new_persistent_id=None, new_is_directory_restricted=None)
if len(fname) != 0:
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2(user=user, new_given_name=fname)
print(result)
if len(lname) != 0:
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2(user=user, new_surname=lname)
print(result)
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
In the code snippet you shared here, I see you're calling team_members_get_info_v2, which is a way to read the information for some team member(s). That doesn't change their information on Dropbox. If you want to change their member information (like first/last name) you should use team_members_set_profile_v2.
In any case, if something isn't working as expected, please share both the code and the unexpected error or output. (I see you mentioned getting an error in the title for this thread, but it doesn't look like you included that error output here.)
I checked the documentation but looking for clarification since we still use the old json API for 95% of our teams we are learning the new Python SDK for 1 team.
Instead of user do I pass the below. Can you provide an example of updating fname and lname for below?
## New Code
user = dropbox.team.UserSelectorArg.email(dropboxemail)
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2([user])
print(result)
##OlD Get Info Code
for info in result.members_info:
if info.is_member_info():if len(new_email) != 0:
info.get_member_info().profile.email = new_email
if len(fname) != 0:
info.get_member_info().profile.name.given_name = fname
if len(lname) != 0:
nfo.get_member_info().profile.name.surname = lname
if len(emplid) != 0:
info.get_member_info().profile.persistent_id = emplid
if len(newExID) != 0:
info.get_member_info().profile.external_id = newExID
#######################################################################################
print("\n\nName is : " + str(info.get_member_info().profile.name) )
print("\nFirst name is : " + str(info.get_member_info().profile.name.given_name))
print("Last Name is : " + str(info.get_member_info().profile.name.surname))
print("Account ID : " + info.get_member_info().profile.team_member_id)
print("Email is : " + info.get_member_info().profile.email)
print("\nPersistent ID is : " + info.get_member_info().profile.persistent_id)
print("External ID is : " + info.get_member_info().profile.external_id)
elif info.is_id_not_found():
print("User not found.")
else:
print("Other scenario not anticipated. Need to traige...")- Greg-DB
JohnAdam_CUNY I don't believe we have sample code handy for team_members_set_profile_v2 in particular, so please refer to the documentation for information on the parameters to use with that method. For example, it sounds like you'd need to use the "user", "new_given_name", and "new_surname" for your use case.
Please try that out and if it doesn't work for you, please share the relevant code and output so we can help troubleshoot.
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