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chrismcfarling
6 years agoHelpful | Level 5
is_team_folder returns false for team folders
I'm using DropBox Business Standard. The top level team space is My Team. Within that is a folder name WIP Folder. The list_folders API command shows that WIP Folder is not a team folder as is_team_f...
- 6 years ago
chrismcfarling There are a few ways you can get the team space ID. For instance, you can get it from the 'root_info' returned by /2/users/get_current_account:
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/users/get_current_account \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <redacted>" # { # <redacted> # "root_info": { # ".tag": "team", # "root_namespace_id": "1990815600", # "home_namespace_id": "1990696960", # "home_path": "/db test" # } # }
Or, if you're using a Dropbox Business API app with the team member file access permission, you can get it from /2/team/team_folder/list[/continue] or /2/team/namespaces/list[/continue]:
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/team/team_folder/list \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <redacted>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{}" # { # "team_folders": [ # { # "team_folder_id": "1990815600", # "name": "<redacted>", # "status": { # ".tag": "active" # }, # "is_team_shared_dropbox": true, # "sync_setting": { # ".tag": "default" # }, # "content_sync_settings": [] # } # ], # <redacted> # }
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/team/namespaces/list \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <redacted>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{}" # { # "namespaces": [ # { # "name": "<redacted>", # "namespace_id": "1990815600", # "namespace_type": { # ".tag": "team_folder" # } # }, # <redacted> # ], # <redacted> # }
I recommend reading the Namespace Guide as it goes over some of these topics.
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
chrismcfarling wrote:... The top level team space is My Team. Within that is a folder name WIP Folder. The list_folders API command shows that WIP Folder is not a team folder as is_team_folder is set to false. ...
In fact every folder returns "is_team_folder": false, ...
{ ..., "is_inside_team_folder": true, "is_team_folder": false, ... }
Hi chrismcfarling,
Technically, your folder is folder inside a team folder (as you have described above and is denoted in JSON). Byself it's not a team folder ( it's not a root! ). :wink:
Hope this helps.
chrismcfarling
6 years agoHelpful | Level 5
According to DB documentation here
https://help.dropbox.com/teams-admins/team-member/team-folders
any folder created under the root that the team has access to should be a team folder.
- Здравко6 years agoLegendary | Level 20
Hi chrismcfarling,
Yes, that's true, but you point to Dropbox application documentation, not the API one! Unfortunately Dropbox documents are ambiguous very often and there is space for improvements. You can take a closer look on the API point documentation you are using (as much as possible - yes not very clear description, but ... ) or here for example.
PS: As far as I can see what you try achieve, possible solution might be or-ing result of both flags above. :wink:
- chrismcfarling6 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Well, the API documentaion references the application documentation.
The team folder link points to https://help.dropbox.com/teams-admins/team-member/team-folders
This clearly implies that is_team_folder should return true for any folder that DropBox is calling a Team folder. The fact that it doesn't is a fail on the part of DB.
- Greg-DB6 years agoDropbox Staff
chrismcfarling Thanks for the feedback, and apologies for confusion! Здравко is correct, in terms of the Dropbox API, the folder you referenced is not itself a team folder, but rather just contained inside a team folder. Accordingly, by default it inherits the access properties of the parent team folder.
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