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neunygph
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10 years ago

Getting multiple thumbnails of multiple files at once ?

Is it possible to retrieve multiple thumbnails of multiple files at once ? I tried to make a request to https://photos.dropbox.com/thumbnails_batch just like the guide from https://blogs.dropbox.com/...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

The different versions of the API work differently, so it won't be a matter of just replacing /1/thumbnails with /2/get_thumbnail. For API v2, you'll need to use the 'authorization' and 'arg' URL parameters, per the documentation I linked to earlier:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#formats

 

For example, getting the thumbnail for a files at /test.jpg would look like this:

 

https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_thumbnail?authorization=Bearer%20ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE&arg=%7B%22path%22%3A%20%22%2Ftest.jpg%22%2C%22format%22%3A%20%22jpeg%22%2C%22size%22%3A%20%22w64h64%22%7D
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neunygph
Explorer | Level 4
10 years ago
Hi Greg,

I tried the provided url with my token and an actual image path, but I got a weird error message saying "Error in call to API function "files/get_thumbnail": Your app is not currently allowed to use API v2". Wonder how this happens since I have been using v2, it's not that my app is still on development mode, I haven't submitted/requested for production yet. Wonder if this is why.

Thanks,
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    10 years ago
    That error isn't related to your app's development or production status. Did you potentially use an access token for an app with the "file type" permission though (as opposed to full Dropbox or app folder)? The file type permission isn't supported by API v2.

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