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Győző C.'s avatar
Győző C.
Explorer | Level 3
10 years ago

api v1 uid to api v2 account_id conversion

I have an application using api v1. I store dropbox account ids of format:  "123456789".

However when I try to use v2 api's get_account call and I add the parameter account_id : "123456789" I get an error message: "must be at least 40 characters, got 9"

Is there any way to use get_account call with the old uid format. What is the connection between these two types of ids?

Thanks

 

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    10 years ago

    API v2 does use a different account ID format, so the v1 format won't work there. For any given access token though, you can call /users/get_current_account to get the v2 account ID.

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