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Mario P.18
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10 years ago

List folders at root (list_folder v2 API)

Is it possible to list the contents of the Dropbox root directory from the v2 APIs? Calling the list_folder endpoint as follows yields an error: curl -H 'authorization: Bearer ****' -H 'content-t...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

Based on that error, you got that from the /sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings endpoint. That's expected for that endpoint, as you can't create a shared link for the root. Your original question was about /files/list_folder, where the empty string should work to represent root.

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