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Bill T.16's avatar
Bill T.16
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10 years ago

404 error reading metadata

I have been experimenting with the DBRoulette example. It is working fine when I create the app specifying access to the user's whole dropbox account. However, for privacy reasons I will want to re...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

You should certainly be able to access files in subfolders using the API, by specifying the path of the subfolder, e.g., /foldername/subfoldername.

This thread was about a specific scenario with the sample app, so if you're still having trouble, please open a new thread with more details:

https://www.dropboxforum.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/new?community_post%5Btopic_id%5D=200209245

Please include the relevant code snippets, as well as the full output/error.

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