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Erik H.18
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
HTTP API "Your app is not currently allowed to use API v2"
I am just trying to get the HTTP API to work in any way at all. These are the steps I followed:
1. Created an app. My app is listed under https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps when I'm logged in....
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
10 years ago[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35675997/dropbox-http-api-always-returns-not-currently-allowed-to-use-api-v2 ]
Your app must be registered for the file type permission, which unfortunately isn't supported by API v2.
You can register a new app with a different permission level here:
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