Re: Upload a file to a shared folder using the REST API

craibuc

I'm attempting to upload a file to a shared (team) folder in Dropbox.

\ (hidden root)

\[My Personal Folder]

\My Company Team Folder

\Activities

\2024-04-11

File A

File B

I want to add files to \My Company Team Folder\Activities\2024-04-11.

This is the code (PowerShell):

$AccessToken = 'XXXXX'

$TeamMemberId = '123456' # an administrator

$InFile = ~/Desktop/SomeFile.pdf

$Destination = '/Activities/2024-04-11/SomeFile.pdf'

$Headers = @{

Authorization = 'Bearer {0}' -f $AccessToken

'Dropbox-API-Select-User' = $TeamMemberId

'Dropbox-API-Path-Root' = @{

'.tag'='root'

root=$RootFolderId

} | ConvertTo-Json -Compress

'Dropbox-API-Arg' = @{

path=$Destination

mode="add"

autorename=$true

mute=$false

} | ConvertTo-Json -Compress

}

$Response = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Post -Uri 'https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload' -Headers $Headers -ContentType 'application/octet-stream' -InFile $InFile

When I run the script, I get an error that reads "path/no_write_permission/".

iNeil

Hello @craibuc,

Based on the error message 'path/no_write_permission/', this indicates that you don’t have write permissions to the folder to upload the file. For example, you don’t have write permission to the folder /Activities/2024-04-11. Please double-check if you have editor permission on the folder.

If you are still having difficulty, could you provide the values for the $TeamMemberId and $RootFolderId? Alternatively, you can open an API ticket using the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/contact

craibuc

I found the solution: I needed to include the team-folder's name in the path. So, instead of '/Activities/2024-04-11/SomeFile.pdf', it needed to be '/My Company Team Folder/Activities/2024-04-11/SomeFile.pdf'

The documentation on this is *terrible*, not to mention the contortions that developers need to perform to list shared folders and add content to them. Your API needs a complete revision to make it easier to use.