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1575475
7 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Unable to fetch metadata of shared folder
Hi,
after creating a shared folder via endpoint
https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/create_folder_v2
a folder id in the form "id:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" is returned.
When trying to fetch the metadat...
Здравко
7 months agoLegendary | Level 20
Hi 1575475,
You're mixing different things. File/folder id is NOT the same as shared folder id!. 🙂 That's where your confusion comes from. Even more - in such a way you have created regular folder, not shared folder. 😉
Hope this clarifies matter.
- 15754757 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi Здравко,
Thank you, that's exactly what I was assuming. But anyway, how can I fetch the metadata of an "ordinary" folder (using an Id such as "id:xxxxxxxxxxxx")?
Best regards,
Jan
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