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TheWhistler1967's avatar
TheWhistler1967
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

How to 'operate on a team member\'s Dropbox' in python

Error: Error in call to API function "files/list_folder": This API function operates on a single Dropbox account, but the OAuth 2 access token you provided is for an entire Dropbox Business team. S...
  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    3 years ago

    TheWhistler1967 wrote:

    Ok so it seems this is a DropboxTeams thing, so maybe this is closer:

    ...
    dbx_t_as_user = dbx_t.as_user("dbid:<string>")
    ...

     ...


    Hi TheWhistler1967,

    As far as I can see, you are trying use your account id (starts "dbid") as a team member id (starts "dbmid"). 🤫 Select the correct identifier. 😉

    Hope this helps.

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