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Can't download a folder shared with me with API.
I'm trying to download files in a folder that was created by another user and shared with the group.
As I don't own the folder I can't seem to use any of the API calls under /files/
This also...
You can use the API to access anything in the connected account that the account has access to and has mounted. The connected account doesn't need to be the owner.
Using the /2/files/list_folder[/continue] endpoints is the right way to list the contents of any particular path, and then you can use /2/files/download to download any needed file, or /2/files/download_zip to download an entire folder.
In this particular case, it sounds like the folder may be in the "team space". Note that by default, API calls operate in the "member folder" of the connected account, not the "team space", so anything outside the member folder will not be found by default. You can configure API calls to operate in the "team space" instead though. To do so, you'll need to set the "Dropbox-Api-Path-Root" header. You can find information on this in the Team Files Guide.
Greg-DB
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Dropbox Community ModeratorYou can use the API to access anything in the connected account that the account has access to and has mounted. The connected account doesn't need to be the owner.
Using the /2/files/list_folder[/continue] endpoints is the right way to list the contents of any particular path, and then you can use /2/files/download to download any needed file, or /2/files/download_zip to download an entire folder.
In this particular case, it sounds like the folder may be in the "team space". Note that by default, API calls operate in the "member folder" of the connected account, not the "team space", so anything outside the member folder will not be found by default. You can configure API calls to operate in the "team space" instead though. To do so, you'll need to set the "Dropbox-Api-Path-Root" header. You can find information on this in the Team Files Guide.
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