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Markus K.6
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10 years ago

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 endpo...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

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.

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