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havetoregister
7 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Get list of files in folders inside shared folders
Hi there,
I am having a lot of trouble getting the contents of shared folders and the content of folders within shared folders.
Firstly, for the shared folder, according to the API I shou...
- 7 years ago
Hey Greg, this has been resolved.
When setting up a Dropbox API Key for `App Folder` or `Full Access`, you don't have access to the Shared folders until the user manually Adds the folder to their Dropbox account.
The account I was accessing had not done this. Issue resolved now. :)
Thank you very much for your patience and help in trying to get me through this!
havetoregister
Helpful | Level 6
Hi Greg,
Using /2/files/list_folder only works if I access this through the shared link of a shared folder, (shared_link parameter with url, path set to empty string), and I still can't get access to the folders within that shared folder using this because they don't have shared links.
The lower_path of the shared folder does not display when I retrieve metadata with files/list_folder, nor with sharing/get_folder_metadata, so I cannot access the shared folders via path, can you tell me if there is a default path for shared folders relative to the root?
I notice both shared folders that I want to access have "is_inside_team_folder": true.
If shared folders are within team folders, does this mean that I cannot access them unless I have a Dropbox Business API app key?
havetoregister
7 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Hey Greg, this has been resolved.
When setting up a Dropbox API Key for `App Folder` or `Full Access`, you don't have access to the Shared folders until the user manually Adds the folder to their Dropbox account.
The account I was accessing had not done this. Issue resolved now. :)
Thank you very much for your patience and help in trying to get me through this!
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