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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.
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
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community Moderatorchrismcfarling 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:
6598198444 is the shared_folder_id of the WIP Folder folder, not the parent team folder. How do I get the parent team folder id?
Empty folder name: ""
"parent_folder_name": "",
I'm not sure what that means. In Gregs last example he used the shared_folder_id of the top level team folder. Nothing I've seen so far shows me how to retrieve the shared_folder_id of that top level folder.
:slight_smile: Where comes the result you has initially post from? :thinking:
- Greg-DB
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.
Got it, thanks.
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