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elsigh
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5 years ago

Sharing - how to share a folder with edit access when don't know my friend's dropbox user id?

I have an App built on the Dropbox API (https://songdocs.io).   I want to send a link to a folder to a friend, and I know I can get a shared link (which gives anyone with it view permissions) and...
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elsigh
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Hey Greg-DB - I've changed our app back to the full dropbox permission for now, but I have a couple more challenges trying to implement the approach we outlined before.

 

I'll start with this one since it would give two users a shared-editable folder:

Use case: User #1 adds User #2 to a folder by email in our App
  • User #1 creates a new folder (we do it in /Apps/Songbook.Studio/${newFolderName})
  • User #1 tries to invite User #2 by email to that folder using sharingAddFolderMember, but we’re stuck without sharing_info.shared_folder_id
    • The folder metadata has no sharing_info key on it. I’ve tried called sharingCreateSharedLinkWithSettings in advance. The only way I can seem to get sharing_info to be populated is if User #1 goes to the Dropbox client and adds any user by email there.
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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

The 'sharing_info' is only set on a folder if the folder is itself shared as a shared folder (or is inside a shared folder). Note that this is different than the kind of sharing offered by /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings. Calling /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings for a folder will not make it a "shared folder"; it only creates a "shared link" for it.

 

To first share the folder as a shared folder, so that it will receive 'sharing_info' with a 'shared_folder_id' that you can then use with /2/sharing/add_folder_member, you should first call /2/sharing/share_folder. 

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