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JohnAdam_CUNY
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3 months ago

Python SDK Set Custom Quota

We have working version of our code using Python SDK but having trouble testing. What do I put for 20GB of data for custom_quota

Just want to confirm do I put 20 or 20 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 for custom_quota and can I user user email instead of member_id

 

 

try

    response = dbx.team_member_space_limits_set_custom_quota( member_id=team_member_id, quota=custom_quota )

except:

  dropbox.exceptions.ApiError as e: print(f"API Error: {e}")

 

  • Hi JohnAdam_CUNY,

    First of all, you have to provide list, even for a single member - list of UserCustomQuotaArg. As could be seen there, value is in GB (just keep in mind that it's not entirely true - Dropbox uses GiB and similar units everywhere - including API).

    By the way "20 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024" are 20GiB, not 20GB! "20 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000" are 20GB. Don't get confused. 🙂

    To select some user, you may use all that UserSelectorArg provides.

    Hope this helps.

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    JohnAdam_CUNY Ð—дравко is correct. For more information on using team_member_space_limits_set_custom_quota, please refer to the documentation.

     

    So, for example, setting a custom quota for a single member by specifying an email address would look like:

    users_and_quotas = [dropbox.team.UserCustomQuotaArg(user=dropbox.team.UserSelectorArg.email("user@example.com"), quota_gb=20)]
    response = dbx.team_member_space_limits_set_custom_quota(users_and_quotas=users_and_quotas)

     

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