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dbx.filesListFolder and dbx.sharingGetSharedLinkMetadata no longer return file path
Hello,
I have built an application that integrates with Dropbox using the nodejs SDK. It has been working fine for the past few months but has just stopped working overnight
The reason seems to be that the filesListFolder and sharingGetSharedLinkMetadata APIs no longer return the path_lower or path_display properties.
I don't see any change in the documentation, and my integration cannot work without the ability to retrieve the path from a shared link
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
If the path values are not set, that indicates that the requested item is not mounted in the root for that call. For example, a user may have unmounted a shared folder containing the item in their account.
Since this depends on the state of the account, if you need help with this, I suggest opening an API ticket privately with the details of the issue so we can take a look and advise.
Thanks I have done that
for anyone else who has a similar issue, I was able to fix it by extracting the root namespace and creating a new dbx object using that root namespace like this:
var dbx = new Dropbox({ "refreshToken": refreshToken, "clientId": appKey, "clientSecret": appSecret});
const rootNamespaceID = (await dbx.usersGetCurrentAccount()).result.root_info.root_namespace_id
dbx = new Dropbox({"refreshToken": refreshToken,"clientId": appKey,"clientSecret": appSecret,"pathRoot": JSON.stringify({".tag": "root", "root": rootNamespaceID})});
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