backend Java process to read a shared folder

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novotny wrote:

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ListFolderResult result = client.files().listFolder("");

And see the folders in my own home directory. However, my partner shared a folder with me that I wish to see the files in but I don't see it listed. ...

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Hi novotny,

You have pointed your account's home only, as a member, in the account (the string "" 😉). If the shared folder appear there as a subfolder (let say named "SharedThings"), you need to put this name (properly formatted) as a parameter (i.e. "/SharedThings", not empty string). You might need to set recursive enumeration if the shared folder contains subfolder and you need to enumerate all of them in one cycle.

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novotny wrote:

... That prompted me to update the team scope permissions in my dropbox app (Is that needed here?). Once I did that I went down another rabbit hole where I could no longer get my authorization code from the link provided in the AuthorizeExample as I needed admin access based on adding these extra permissions. ...

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"Is that needed here?" 🙂 Good question! If the shared folder is in your home (as a subfolder there), you definitely don't need to make your life complicated. Otherwise you need it. You have  to set your id as a user and the space (team folder) where your target folder reside in (aside of exact path - properly formatted).

Hope this gives direction.

Thanks, I am getting a little farther.

Regarding authorization, let me describe what I am doing:

1. I executed the Authorize example you pointed me to with the parameters "test.app test.auth short_live_token" such that my test.app contains my appKey and secretKey. It then produces the following:

1. Go to https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?token_access_type=offline&response_type=code&client_id=XYZ
2. Click "Allow" (you might have to log in first).
3. Copy the authorization code.
Enter the authorization code here:

After step 1, I get my code and enter it. It now displays:

Authorization complete.
- User ID:
- Account ID: null
- Access Token: <ACCESS_TOKEN>
- Expires At: 1664569280436
- Refresh Token: <REFRESH_TOKEN>
- Scope: account_info.read contacts.read file_requests.read files.metadata.read members.read sharing.read team_data.content.read team_data.content.write team_data.governance.read team_data.governance.write team_data.member team_data.team_space team_info.read
Saved authorization information to "/Users/novotny/IdeaProjects/dropbox-sdk-java/test.auth"

2. In my own code I hardcode the values I received from the example and create a credential object which allows me to create a client

DbxCredential dbxCredential = new DbxCredential(ACCESS_TOKEN, EXPIRES_AT, REFRESH_TOKEN, APP_KEY, APP_SECRET);
DbxTeamClientV2 teamClientV2 = new DbxTeamClientV2(config, dbxCredential);

But now what? I see there is a refreshAccessToken API available, is this something that my backend process should execute once per day?

try {
    DbxRefreshResult result = client.refreshAccessToken();
    System.err.println(result);
} catch (DbxException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
}

Thanks, Jason