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deeptir94
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

API to upload files to folders outside of user account folder

Hello, I need to upload files using API to a folder that is outside of my current user account (the user ID I’m logged in with).  However, when using the API, the folder structure is being cr...
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deeptir94
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Hello, thanks for your reply.

I am still not sure how to fetch the namespace id for my folder. The API calls return information regarding the default root folder.

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
2 years ago

In most cases, setting the account root namespace id is enough since in such a way you can access everything accessible to particular user. So maybe it's the best way for you too. If you want to select from other available namespaces, you can enumerate them using /2/team/namespaces/list/continue.

Hope this sheds a light.

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