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Ghislain Sommervogel's avatar
Ghislain Sommervogel
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2 years ago

.NET API : How to copy files to HomeNamespaceId as an admin ?

Hi all, I'm connected to a DropboxClient as an admin. I need to copy files from a team folder that my account isn't a member of to my HomeNamespaceId. For this, I'm using DropboxClient.Files.CopyV2A...
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Greg-DB
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2 years ago

Unfortunately I don't believe there's an alternative in this scenario, because the /2/files/copy_v2 endpoint only supports the Dropbox-API-Select-Admin header in the "Team Admin" mode, meaning it has access to "team folders and team spaces but not the team members' home namespaces". So, when you administratively access contents the account doesn't have access to, you can't simultaneously access the user account's home folder.

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    Ghislain Sommervogel
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    2 years ago

    I see. Thanks for the confirmation.

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