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API v2 permanently delete files
Hi,
I've been trying to use the new files/permanently_delete endpoint of the v2 API but I constantly get an error 400.
It seems to be the case that standard Apps are not allowed to use this endpoint. Is there any reason for this? Because for old Packrat users it can be very useful to have a purge call.
Best regards,
Markus
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
If you print out the body of the response it should contain a more useful error message, but yes, this endpoint is only available to Dropbox Business API apps, per the documentation:
"NOTE: This endpoint is only available to Dropbox for Business apps using the X-Dropbox-Perform-As-Team-Member header."
I can't speak to the particular reasoning, but I'll send this along as a feature request to make this available to Dropbox API apps.
Hi Gregory,
thanks for the clarification. You are absolutely right that it is stated in the v1 docu. But there is no hint in the v2 documentation (or at least I haven't seen it). Actually, I had hoped that the behavior changed with API v2. Hopefully we'll see this as a feature in the future.
Best regards,
Markus
- Greg-DB
Oh, apologies, I didn't check the v2 documentation. I'll send this along to get a note added to that too. Thanks!
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