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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...
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.
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.
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:
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-DB
Dropbox 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.
Well then your documentation is all wrong. From what you're saying there is only a single team folder at the top level. All documentaion states that any folder within the team space, which has the building icon, is a team folder.
And from what I can tell the list_folders API command doesn't return any information on the top level team folder. So in what scenario would is_team_folder even be true?
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