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Nenciu D.'s avatar
Nenciu D.
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11 years ago

Check if folder exists and collect shared folder

Hello, 1.I'm trying to check if folder exist in my dropbox by retrieving metadata from given path: (example path "/myfolder") public async Task<Metadata> GetFolderMetadata(string folderPath) { ...
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Steve M.'s avatar
Steve M.
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11 years ago

Dropbox doesn't have a permission model that looks like that. In Dropbox, you can create a share link for a file or folder (which can then be used by anyone who has that URL to read the contents of the file or folder), or you can share a folder (which gives specific users access to that folder in their own Dropbox).

Currently, the API only supports share links. So you can get a link for a file and then send that link to people you want to grant (read-only) access to.

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