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sreeraj
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8 years ago
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How to list the contents of a team folder?

I am using dropbox business account and API v2.0. I have team folder with many subfolders and files in it. When I call the api /team_folder/list I get the name of the team folder. But how do I get li...
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Greg-DB
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8 years ago
In order to list the contents of a folder, such as a team folder, you should use /2/files/list_folder[/continue]:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder-continue

Note that this is a user endpoint, so if you have a Business API app, you'd need to have the "team member file access" permission and use the "member file access" feature:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams#teams-member-file-access

We don't have an official PHP SDK for Dropbox API v2, but you can use a third party library:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/communitysdks

Or, you can call the HTTPS endpoints themselves, as you have been:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation
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msullybos
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

For files/list_folders, can you use the team_folder_id in place of the path?

Thanks

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    Greg-DB
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    5 years ago

    msullybos Yes, the /2/files/list_folder endpoint supports namespace ID paths in the 'path' parameter, so you can use the team_folder_id for a team folder as the 'path' value, like "ns:123456789", where 123456789 is the team_folder_id. (For information on how to interact with a team space though, refer to the Team Files Guide.)

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