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ParentSharedFolderId is Null when checking permissions
I previously made a program that goes through my entire team's DropBox permissions and creates a report from the data. It tells me their name, permissions for the current file/folder, the name of the...
I was able to solve my issue by using the following to retrieve the folder's meta data:
var itemMetaData = await userClient.Sharing.GetFolderMetadataAsync(item.SharedFolderId);
After that I got the parent folder's meta data and name from this:
var parentSharedFolderMetadata = await userClient.Sharing.GetFolderMetadataAsync(itemMetaData.ParentSharedFolderId);
parentName = parentSharedFolderMetadata.Name;
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffI see you're calling Sharing.ListFoldersAsync to list the shared folders in the account. (By the way, make sure you check ListFoldersResult.Cursor to see if there are more entries to retrieve, in which case you should call back to ListFoldersContinueAsync.)
The ParentSharedFolderId property will only be set if the folder itself is contained inside another shared folder. Are you sure you're seeing this absent for folders insider other shared folders? I ask because you only said "the specified file/folder is in a parent folder", but not specifically that the parent folder is shared.
If that's not working properly though, please share the unexpected output you're seeing so we can take a look. You can open an API ticket if you'd prefer to share privately.
If the folder is in a non-shared parent folder and you want the path of that parent, you can retrieve it from the PathLower property. Note that that will only be present if the folder is mounted though.
I was able to solve my issue by using the following to retrieve the folder's meta data:
var itemMetaData = await userClient.Sharing.GetFolderMetadataAsync(item.SharedFolderId);
After that I got the parent folder's meta data and name from this:
var parentSharedFolderMetadata = await userClient.Sharing.GetFolderMetadataAsync(itemMetaData.ParentSharedFolderId);
parentName = parentSharedFolderMetadata.Name;
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