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Create/edit documents through API
Hi,
I've submitted a similar Feature Requests months ago and it's been asked also in:
- https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-Paper/Dropbox-Paper-API-request/m-p/143995#M175
- https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-Paper/Create-Paper-Document/m-p/138514#M125
They're both marked as solved, but as far as I can tell through the existing APIs is not possible to actually edit or create new documents.
Am I missing something?
I also would love the ability to programatically edit Paper documents. I'm trying to build a journal app that syncs text files in a folder that I have with something like Dropbox Paper so I can add to my journal on the iPad, and the ability to save documents into Dropbox is the last missing piece!
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Thanks for the request! That's correct, the current Paper API doesn't support creating/editing documents, but we're tracking that as a separate feature request.
- Greg-DBThe Dropbox API now offers a way to create and update Paper documents programmatically:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#paper-docs-create
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#paper-docs-update
If you're using an official SDK, there will also be corresponding methods for those endpoints.
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