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is_team_folder returns false for team folders
I'm using DropBox Business Standard. The top level team space is My Team. Within that is a folder name WIP Folder. The list_folders API command shows that WIP Folder is not a team folder as is_team_f...
chrismcfarling There are a few ways you can get the team space ID. For instance, you can get it from the 'root_info' returned by /2/users/get_current_account:
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/users/get_current_account \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <redacted>" # { # <redacted> # "root_info": { # ".tag": "team", # "root_namespace_id": "1990815600", # "home_namespace_id": "1990696960", # "home_path": "/db test" # } # }Or, if you're using a Dropbox Business API app with the team member file access permission, you can get it from /2/team/team_folder/list[/continue] or /2/team/namespaces/list[/continue]:
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/team/team_folder/list \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <redacted>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{}" # { # "team_folders": [ # { # "team_folder_id": "1990815600", # "name": "<redacted>", # "status": { # ".tag": "active" # }, # "is_team_shared_dropbox": true, # "sync_setting": { # ".tag": "default" # }, # "content_sync_settings": [] # } # ], # <redacted> # }curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/team/namespaces/list \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <redacted>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{}" # { # "namespaces": [ # { # "name": "<redacted>", # "namespace_id": "1990815600", # "namespace_type": { # ".tag": "team_folder" # } # }, # <redacted> # ], # <redacted> # }I recommend reading the Namespace Guide as it goes over some of these topics.
Greg-DB
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Dropbox Community Moderatorchrismcfarling Thanks for the feedback, and apologies for confusion! Здравко is correct, in terms of the Dropbox API, the folder you referenced is not itself a team folder, but rather just contained inside a team folder. Accordingly, by default it inherits the access properties of the parent team folder.
Well then your documentation is all wrong. From what you're saying there is only a single team folder at the top level. All documentaion states that any folder within the team space, which has the building icon, is a team folder.
And from what I can tell the list_folders API command doesn't return any information on the top level team folder. So in what scenario would is_team_folder even be true?
- Greg-DB
chrismcfarling Thanks for following up. I'll send this along to the team to request they make the documentation clearer.
For reference, there are two different configurations that a Business team can use. The older non-team space configuration allowed users to mount multiple team folders under their member folders, where each team folder would come up in the API as a team folder.
For the newer team space configuration, only the team space itself is considered a team folder.
Here's an example of a call I just made on a test team using the team space configuration showing the team space itself showing "is_team_folder": true:
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/get_folder_metadata \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <REDACTED>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"shared_folder_id\": \"1990815600\"}" # { # "access_type": { # ".tag": "editor" # }, # "is_inside_team_folder": false, # "is_team_folder": true, # "owner_team": { # "id": "<REDACTED>", # "name": "<REDACTED>" # }, # "name": "<REDACTED>", # "policy": { # "member_policy": { # ".tag": "anyone" # }, # "resolved_member_policy": { # ".tag": "anyone" # }, # "acl_update_policy": { # ".tag": "editors" # }, # "shared_link_policy": { # ".tag": "anyone" # }, # "viewer_info_policy": { # ".tag": "enabled" # } # }, # "preview_url": "<REDACTED>", # "shared_folder_id": "1990815600", # "time_invited": "2017-12-15T19:23:33Z", # "access_inheritance": { # ".tag": "inherit" # } # }How did you retrieve the shared_folder_id of the team folder to use with the get_folder_metadata command?
:grinning: Take a look on your initial post:
"shared_folder_id": "6598198444"
:wink:
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