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havetoregister
Helpful | Level 6
8 years ago
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Get list of files in folders inside shared folders

Hi there,   I am having a lot of trouble getting the contents of shared folders and the content of folders within shared folders.   Firstly, for the shared folder, according to the API I shou...
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  • havetoregister's avatar
    havetoregister
    8 years ago

    Hey Greg, this has been resolved.

     

    When setting up a Dropbox API Key for `App Folder` or `Full Access`, you don't have access to the Shared folders until the user manually Adds the folder to their Dropbox account.

     

    The account I was accessing had not done this. Issue resolved now. :)

     

    Thank you very much for your patience and help in trying to get me through this!

havetoregister's avatar
havetoregister
Helpful | Level 6
8 years ago

Hey Greg, this has been resolved.

 

When setting up a Dropbox API Key for `App Folder` or `Full Access`, you don't have access to the Shared folders until the user manually Adds the folder to their Dropbox account.

 

The account I was accessing had not done this. Issue resolved now. :)

 

Thank you very much for your patience and help in trying to get me through this!

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apo1397
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

Hey havetoregister Greg-DB ,
"Add to Dropbox" works for folders but any idea about shared files ?
Cuz they don't have this feature and while long polling or webhooks, Dropbox doesnt give the details of the file which was shared to the user. 

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    Greg-DB
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    6 years ago

    apo1397 "Shared folders" and "shared files" work a bit differently unfortunately. You can't add or "mount" a shared file in an account like you can with a shared folder.

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