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HE A.'s avatar
HE A.
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9 years ago

Get contents of a shared folder

I have a web app built in PHP, so I'm using v1 of the Dropbox API. When I request the metadata for a folder, it only returns a list of entries (files in the folder) if the folder is not shared. How w...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

You should certainly be able to list the contents of a shared folder using the API just like you would a non-shared folder. I just tried it out and it's working for me. Can you share some sample code and output showing the issue you're seeing?

If you're using getDelta, make sure you check the returned "has_more" value and call back if it's true.

Also, it's not currently possible to move all of the contents of a folder, but not the folder itself, in one API call, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request. 

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