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shared app directory, exists but inaccessible to my app
Created an app, linked to a specific directory. Lets call it acme.
Create acme directory on my dropbox which I shared and placed some more directories and files within it.
Able to authenticate a...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThat's correct, you don't need to share links to be able to access file listings and content via the API. You can use /files/list_folder to list the files in a folder, even if you haven't created links for them. And you can use /files/download to access the file content.
That said, you should receive shared links from /sharing/list_shared_links for the files in the app folder. It looks like you already have an API ticket open for this issue though. We requested a bit more information there though, so please reply there so we can continue looking into it for you.
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