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eie_bp
7 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Secondary backups using sign-in-as-user via API
We're looking for a way to make a backup of all our Dropbox business files on local machine. Currently, the PC is logged in with Admin rights and synchronising Team folders - a script simply copies the whole Dropbox folder to a separate drive.
However, this doesn't backup any files that the user has saved outside a Team folder, since the Admin account does not synchronise them. The 'sign in as user' functionality only appears to be available via the Admin console for one user at a time, so won't work as an automated backup.
I appreciate this feature is probably by design to discourage misuse, and there's already the 'backup' of the Dropbox server - but we need a local copy of ALL user files.
It doesn't appear there's any third-party apps or Dropbox partners that provide this functionality, but is it at least exposed via the API? i.e. if we find a freelance developer to code us something simple that can run locally...
It is possible to access all team member files via a Dropbox Business API app with the "team member file access" permission, using the "member file access" feature.
In short, once a team admin authorizes such an app to access their team, the app can use the user API endpoints to list and download files from any team member account.
- Greg-DBDropbox Staff
It is possible to access all team member files via a Dropbox Business API app with the "team member file access" permission, using the "member file access" feature.
In short, once a team admin authorizes such an app to access their team, the app can use the user API endpoints to list and download files from any team member account.
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