Error: property_groups: expected list, got string

I created a template in my app and got a response with a template id. I can also make a call in my app "get_for_user" and view the schema for the new template. BUT when I go to your API explorer, I get nothing back
templates/list_for_user:

"template_ids": []

 Also, get_for_user:

{
  "error_summary": "restricted_content/..",
  "error": {
    ".tag": "restricted_content"
  }
}

Why am I able to get_for_user via my app but not the explorer?

Also, can you please explain: does the add_template needs to be called only once and then it's stored? If yes, until you delete it?

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toki4004 wrote:

I created a template in my app and got a response with a template id. I can also make a call in my app "get_for_user" and view the schema for the new template. BUT when I go to your API explorer, I get nothing back ...

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Yes, of course toki4004. Every template is valid for application-user pair (neither for user alone nor application itself). You had created your template in one application (your application) and tried access it in another one (API explorer). 😉

Hope this clarifies matter.

toki4004 Здравко is correct; the template is specific to the app-user pair, so you can't list or use the templates from one app when calling with a different app.

And yes, you only need to create the template once per app-user, after which it's recorded on the Dropbox servers so you can use it for that app-user without creating it every time.

I've been struggling getting my properties to show. I created a template fine, assigned a property to an item, and now I want to view a folder list with items + see their properties. I get this error: 

"Error in call to API function "files/list_folder": request body: include_property_groups.filter_some: expected list, got string".

Here is my code below. What format is expecting for "include_property_group"?

    $meta = array(
        ".tag" => "filter_some",
        "filter_some" => "ptid:-ynhqttM3GkAAAAAAAAeOg"
    );


    $fields = array(
        "path" => "/folder 2",
        "include_property_groups" => $meta,
        "recursive" => false,
        "include_media_info" => false,
        "include_deleted" => false,
        "include_has_explicit_shared_members" => false,
        "include_mounted_folders" => false
    );

    $headers = array(
        'Authorization: Bearer ' . $auth_token,
        'Content-Type: application/json'
    );

    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode( $fields ) );
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST" );
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers );
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder' );

OMG it worked. I am so happy! Thanks a lot!