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Patrick Thomas
2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
How can I remove suggested people from invites in Dropbox Paper?
Hello. How can delete suggested names ("Suggestions") in "Invite" drop-down window in Dropbox Paper?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Hi morranjuke,
Such thing could happen for variety of reasons. The information you provided is not enough for limiting them.
To be aware where you're going on, start with empty string as a path when listing the folder and navigate to the right direction. Your path may be correct, but it's not clear where your API is rooted currently (there are variety of options); unexpected rooting may make you correct path become incorrect!
When constructing your file path, you use OS related path join; that's NOT always correct and can be reason for such a message. Keep in mind that you're constructing Dropbox path, not path to some local file (in your OS)! Make sure you're using POSIX path join or construct it as a string (slash separator, not backslash or something else - the same rule as for your folder path). Even more, to avoid any error and use correct path formatting, better use the path in metadata (in listing result - not the name) instead of constructing yourself (the path there should be ready for use) or use the file ID on link creation.
Other error you may expect is when a link already exists. You haven't handled such a case in any way. The exception thrown may contain existing link (in such a case you can just grab it) or you may need to take it explicitly with listing direct link (when missing in the exception).
Hope this gives directions.
PS: If the application you're working on is "LEGO image for PBI Dashboard" and that folder is not some just existing - left from other application, your path is incorrect definitely. 🙂 In such a case you have to use just "/Image" as path! App folder type applications use the application specific folder as API root and all path are relative to that folder. 😉
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- Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi Patrick Thomas, thanks for messaging the Community!
Currently, it isn't possible to remove the suggested names from the invite page.
We appreciate the feedback on this matter and take all comments into consideration when improving the Dropbox site and services.
- D StoryHelpful | Level 5
Hi Jay, this feels like a continuing security gap in Paper. I would like to NEVER be able to add someone via a Todo to a doc which I have secured as "only those invited may open this doc." The Todo suggestions bar often suggests someone and if I'm not extra careful, I can add a random person to a private document. This is a BIG DEAL for my clients and me.
Please prioritize this as if it were a security issue.
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