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rbchapman
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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Listing shared files

I'm looking for a way to list individual files that a user is sharing with specific users (not shared links). I can list shared folders with the /sharing/list_folders route, but there doesn't seem to...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    3 years ago

    rbchapman Thanks for following up. It sounds like what you want is to set 'include_has_explicit_shared_members: true' when calling /2/files/list_folder, so you can get 'has_explicit_shared_members' for the files in the results (and then call /2/sharing/list_file_members as needed).

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rbchapman
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Thanks, Scott. According to the docs, that route returns "a list of all files shared with current user." I'm looking for the list of files the user owns and has shared with specific individuals. 

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    Greg-DB
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    3 years ago

    rbchapman Thanks for following up. It sounds like what you want is to set 'include_has_explicit_shared_members: true' when calling /2/files/list_folder, so you can get 'has_explicit_shared_members' for the files in the results (and then call /2/sharing/list_file_members as needed).

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      rbchapman
      Explorer | Level 3
      3 years ago

      That's what I'm looking for. Thank you

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