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How to list the contents of a team folder?
I am using dropbox business account and API v2.0. I have team folder with many subfolders and files in it. When I call the api /team_folder/list I get the name of the team folder. But how do I get list the contents (both files and folders) of a teamfolder? I couldnt find any related api calls in the team section in the documentation - https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams#team-team_folder-list.
Please advice.
Also, please let me know if there is any PHP sdk available for Business API. Currently I am using HTTP api requests.
Thanks.
- In order to list the contents of a folder, such as a team folder, you should use /2/files/list_folder[/continue]:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder-continue
Note that this is a user endpoint, so if you have a Business API app, you'd need to have the "team member file access" permission and use the "member file access" feature:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams#teams-member-file-access
We don't have an official PHP SDK for Dropbox API v2, but you can use a third party library:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/communitysdks
Or, you can call the HTTPS endpoints themselves, as you have been:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
In order to list the contents of a folder, such as a team folder, you should use /2/files/list_folder[/continue]:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder-continue
Note that this is a user endpoint, so if you have a Business API app, you'd need to have the "team member file access" permission and use the "member file access" feature:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams#teams-member-file-access
We don't have an official PHP SDK for Dropbox API v2, but you can use a third party library:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/communitysdks
Or, you can call the HTTPS endpoints themselves, as you have been:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentationAccording to this article: https://www.dropbox.com/help/business/team-folders
I believe that there're two kinds of Dropbox Business Account:
- A: the Dropbox Business account created a long time ago.
- B: the Dropbox Business account created recently. => with Team Space
The /2/files/list_folder lists all the files include team folders of A.
But the /2/files/list_folder lists only the files in the purple folder (private folder) of B.
Is there any way to list team folders and their contents of B's Team Space?
Thank you!
- Greg-DB
hsin Yes, that's correct. For the newer type B, please refer to the namespace guide, which covers how to access the team space:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/namespace-guide
For files/list_folders, can you use the team_folder_id in place of the path?
Thanks
- Greg-DB
msullybos Yes, the /2/files/list_folder endpoint supports namespace ID paths in the 'path' parameter, so you can use the team_folder_id for a team folder as the 'path' value, like "ns:123456789", where 123456789 is the team_folder_id. (For information on how to interact with a team space though, refer to the Team Files Guide.)
- Mark
Super User II
*moves to API forum*
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