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API to automate the upload side of file request?
when using the "file request" feature there are two parts for the process:
- The owner of the account creates a new file request and share the link with the people he wants to let them upload files to his account
- The person how got the link has the ability to upload files to the owner's folder
As far as I understand there's no API for the first part.
How about the second part? is there any way to automate the upload part for using the file request link in a mobile application?
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
No, there's also no API for uploading to a file request. I'll send this along as a feature request to the team.
thanks much.
I too have this need. I've put together a working example of an IOS api to originate a file request. You can find it at: https://github.com/tjdhome/DropboxFileRequester.git.
It's a bit of a hack (uses a hidden webview), but it gets the job done. I have automated the second part (actually, the easier part) and will post that code in a day or so.
File requests with API would be a really useful feature. One of my clients needs to ask 50+ students twice a year to update their matriculation certificates. Would be piece of cake with an API call and a for loop.
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