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DavidPaynter
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9 years ago
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Convert V1 User to V2 User With V2 BasicAccount Details

We have a set of applications that have been using the Dropbox V1 API and the users' Display Name, Token Value and Secret Value have been stored in the DB. We are now wanting to seamless convert the ...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    9 years ago

    FullAccount is a subclass of Account, which does include Email and Name.

     

    var account = await this.client.Users.GetCurrentAccountAsync();
Console.WriteLine(account.Name.DisplayName);
Console.WriteLine(account.Email);

     

DavidPaynter's avatar
DavidPaynter
Explorer | Level 3
9 years ago

The GetCurrentAccountAsync method returns FullAccount class - which does not include the User's personal information such as Name and Email, so that method doesn't work.

 

What method do I call to return the Account Class and/or the Name Class?

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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

FullAccount is a subclass of Account, which does include Email and Name.

 

var account = await this.client.Users.GetCurrentAccountAsync();
Console.WriteLine(account.Name.DisplayName);
Console.WriteLine(account.Email);

 

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