Your workflow is unique 👨‍💻 -  tell us how you use Dropbox here.

Forum Discussion

Jiho P.'s avatar
Jiho P.
Explorer | Level 3
10 years ago

Dropbox Account Id vs UID

Hello, I'm using Swifty dropbox and wanted to know the difference between accountId I get from getAccountId() call vs. the userId set in my shared client. Thanks in advance!
API
Steve L.'s avatar
Steve L.
Helpful | Level 6
8 years ago

Poking this thread back into life,  is there a way in V2 to get the V1 userId?  

Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
8 years ago
No, API v2 does not offer a way to get the v1 user ID.
  • Steve L.'s avatar
    Steve L.
    Helpful | Level 6
    8 years ago

    I have no problems changing to use the accountID going forward, but it would be very helpful if there were a way to get the V1 userID (read-only) for those who have thousands of existing installs that use the Dropbox V1 userID as a primary key.   As things stand there's no way to associate existing users with their data.

     

     

    • AEmery's avatar
      AEmery
      Explorer | Level 3
      8 years ago

      Another problem I'm running into with the removal of the userID is that the URL to a file revision history is using this userID. These URLs are in the following format: https://www.dropbox.com/history/[PATH_TO_FILE]?_subject_uid=111111111. Is there another way to generate them now that API v2 no longer returns the userID?

      • Greg-DB's avatar
        Greg-DB
        Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
        8 years ago
        Thanks for the feedback everyone!

        No, unfortunately there isn't a way to get these IDs or generate these links, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request.

About Dropbox API Support and Feedback

Node avatar for Dropbox API Support and Feedback
Get help with the Dropbox API from fellow developers and experts.

The Dropbox Community team is active from Monday to Friday. We try to respond to you as soon as we can, usually within 2 hours.

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X, Facebook or Instagram.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!