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pchui
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5 months ago

Dropbox API Inquiry

I have to query the Dropbox Search API with a Team access token (i.e. scope team_data.member enabled). I learned that I have to include the 2 HTTP headers in the search API for my use case to work pr...
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pchui
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4 months ago

Thanks for the answers. They are helpful.

A follow-up question:

  1. Can a regular user (not an admin) get access files/folders located in multiple Teams with the same email address? Otherwise, he/she needs to login and logout whenever he/she needs to get files in another team.
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DB-Des
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4 months ago

pchui​ 

To clarify, only team admins can authorize apps with team-level scopes.

That said, you can configure API calls to operate in the "team space", in order to interact with files/folders in the team space. To do so, you'll need to set the "Dropbox-API-Path-Root" header. You can find information on how to use this in the Team Files Guide.

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