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Aristide
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4 years ago
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Problem to add a member on file or folder share.

Hello, I can't add a member to a file or folder when I give write permission (editor). (No problem with the viewer read right). Here is the body of my query:   { "file": "id:Q2EU1CT92...
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  • Aristide's avatar
    Aristide
    4 years ago

    Ok, Greg-DB

    thanks a lot!

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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

Aristide Здравко is correct, this error is referring to the sharing permissions for the particular file/account, not the app scopes. For reference, an 'access_error/no_permission' from /2/sharing/add_file_member means:

access_error

SharingFileAccessError (open union)
no_permission Void Current user does not have sufficient privileges to perform the desired action.
For example, in this particular case, it sounds like this may be because the "editor" permission is not supported for individual file sharing for this file type.
 
For comparison, the scopes registered to your app determine which pieces of API functionality your app can use at all.

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    Aristide
    Helpful | Level 7
    4 years ago

    Okay,

    it's working for .docx file. So I can't add a collaborator on an image, video, audio type file... who can modify this file?

    Is there a list of allowed types for this API?

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      Greg-DB
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      4 years ago

      No, we don't have specific documentation on this for the Dropbox API, but I'll pass this along as a request. I can't promise if or when that might be added though.

      • Aristide's avatar
        Aristide
        Helpful | Level 7
        4 years ago

        Ok, Greg-DB

        thanks a lot!

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