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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

Re: API V2 nightmares......... /move I cannot seem to move anyfolders inside any files or root

Hi Michael, the /copy and /move endpoints on the Dropbox API expect the "to_path" parameter to be the full path where you want to put the item specified by the "from_path" parameter. So, if you want to move folder1 into folder2, your "to_path" should be "/14a148a2-21bd-4e95-a16a-82081a6f9504/folder2/folder1". 

 

As is, your request is saying you want to copy folder1 to  "/14a148a2-21bd-4e95-a16a-82081a6f9504/folder2", and the API error is indicating that something already exists there.

 

Also, note that you said you want to move the folder, but your code is using the /2/files/copy endpoint. Moving files or folders is done via /2/files/move.

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  • michaelwjoyner's avatar
    michaelwjoyner
    Helpful | Level 5
    9 years ago
    Thanks,

    It was me. I need to make the "to" "/folder2/folder1" not "/folder"

    THANKS GREG!!!!!!!

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