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ericchubb
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Can't add editors to files using the API or API Explorer
Hi there, I discovered today that I'm unable to add editors to files in my DropBox account using the HTTP API and DropBox API explorer. I receive a HTTP 409 response stating that I don't have th...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
4 years agoApologies for the confusion. The file sharing functionality offered by /2/sharing/add_file_member and /2/sharing/update_file_member does not support AccessLevel.editor for all file types.
If you want to add editors to a file, you can instead put the file in a folder and share the folder via /2/sharing/share_folder, /2/sharing/add_folder_member, and /2/sharing/update_folder_member.
I'll ask the team to clarify this in the documentation.
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