You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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Andika Scofield
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Error (400) when open dropbox (request URL)
Hello,
I found a problem when trying to request URL.
I have two apps in dropbox:
1. App 1 (status=production), use Permission type = Full Dropbox
2. App 2 (status=development), use P...
- 4 years ago
Yes, Dropbox is in process of migrating all apps to use scopes. This is a backwards compatible migration; scoped apps can use all of the same functionality as non-scoped apps. Scopes just offer more granularity in the control over which functionality you enable for the app. You can find more information on the migration in this blog post.
Greg-DB
4 years agoDropbox Staff
You can only specify 'scopes' when using an app that is registered as a "scoped" app. Your app 1 is not scoped, so you can't specify scopes for it. You should migrate it to be a scoped app via the "Permissions" tab of the app's page on the App Console.
- Andika Scofield4 years agoExplorer | Level 4Is this an obligation to migrate from "full dropbox" into "scoped app"?
- Greg-DB4 years agoDropbox Staff
Yes, Dropbox is in process of migrating all apps to use scopes. This is a backwards compatible migration; scoped apps can use all of the same functionality as non-scoped apps. Scopes just offer more granularity in the control over which functionality you enable for the app. You can find more information on the migration in this blog post.
- Andika Scofield4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Thank you Greg-DB
I have a question again.
After migration, there are two scopes; individual scopes and teams scopes.
My application already selects individual scope automatically.
But I don't know what is team scope, why is there a difference between team and individual?
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