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VahagnGhaz
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

How to provide the Dropbox-API-Select-User HTTP header with python API

Hi ! I've generated access token for Business App, and tried to make simple request  dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(my_token) dbx.files_list_folder(path).entries But I got   dropbox.exceptions.BadInput...
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VahagnGhaz
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

Actuall I have this structure, and all I need to do is work with shared ELEMENTS folder

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VahagnGhaz
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

Okay! I got that ! thanks for your support.  Just in case someone has this issue too, here is my solution 

dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(my_token)
root_namespace_id = dbx.users_get_current_account().root_info.root_namespace_id
dbx = dbx.with_path_root(PathRoot.namespace_id(root_namespace_id))

 

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