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gregghorton
4 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Paper Migration Questions
I needed some clarity on this page:https://www.dropbox.com/lp/developers/reference/paper-migration-guide#endpoint-mapping-paper-api-to-dropbox-api
The following: This change will not affect existi...
kylea
Dropbox Staff
4 years agoDropbox Paper files in the filesystem (.paper files) is enabled on a per-user basis.
Users whose accounts are enabled for it will default to creating .paper docs in the filesystem, and those who are not will default to creating Paper docs using the legacy model.
We are actively migrating the existing users from the old model to the new.
Your app can inspect for which mode users have using the /features/get_values API.
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