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Obaid ur Rehman
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30 days ago
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New Folder is created inside another directory, not root

We have the following folder structure in Dropbox:

My Dropbox/Company/New (2025)/1 - Clients
My Dropbox/New (2025)/1 - Clients

The following code is creating the new folder in 'Company/New (2025)/1 - Clients/', but I want to create the folder in '/New (2025)/1 - Clients'. 

# Step 7: Create Dropbox folder
        dropbox_folder_path = f"/New (2025)/1 - Clients/client-{folder_name}"
        try:
            tokens = get_dropbox_tokens()
            if not tokens or 'access_token' not in tokens:
                raise ValueError("No Dropbox access token available")

            # Initialize Dropbox client
            dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(tokens['access_token'])

            try:
                # Check if the "1 - Clients" folder exists
                clients_folder_path = "/New (2025)/1 - Clients"
                try:
                    dbx.files_get_metadata(clients_folder_path)
                except dropbox.exceptions.ApiError as e:
                    if e.error.is_path() and e.error.get_path().is_not_found():
                        logging.error(f"1 - Clients folder not found: {clients_folder_path}")
                        return jsonify({"error": f"1 - Clients folder not found: {clients_folder_path}"}), 404

                # Create the client folder inside the existing "1 - Clients" folder
                dbx.files_create_folder_v2(dropbox_folder_path)
            except dropbox.exceptions.AuthError:
                logging.debug("Dropbox token expired, refreshing...")
                access_token = refresh_dropbox_token()
                dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(access_token)
                dbx.files_create_folder_v2(dropbox_folder_path)

What am I doing wrong? I've been working on the weekend and super exhausted. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

  • Hi Obaid ur Rehman,

    When working with Dropbox teams, by default, API calls to the Dropbox API operate in the "member folder" of the connected account, not the "team space".

    You can configure API calls to operate in the "team space" instead though, in order to interact with files/folders in the team space. To do so, you'll need to set the "Dropbox-API-Path-Root" header. You can find information on how to use this in the Team Files Guide.

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    DB-Des
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    Hi Obaid ur Rehman,

    When working with Dropbox teams, by default, API calls to the Dropbox API operate in the "member folder" of the connected account, not the "team space".

    You can configure API calls to operate in the "team space" instead though, in order to interact with files/folders in the team space. To do so, you'll need to set the "Dropbox-API-Path-Root" header. You can find information on how to use this in the Team Files Guide.

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