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havetoregister's avatar
havetoregister
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago

Re: Get list of files in folders inside shared folders

Hey Greg, this has been resolved.

 

When setting up a Dropbox API Key for `App Folder` or `Full Access`, you don't have access to the Shared folders until the user manually Adds the folder to their Dropbox account.

 

The account I was accessing had not done this. Issue resolved now. :)

 

Thank you very much for your patience and help in trying to get me through this!

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  • amm98d's avatar
    amm98d
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    Finally got this work after an hour. Dropbox API has extremely poor documentation. 

  • apo1397's avatar
    apo1397
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago

    Hey havetoregister Greg-DB ,
    "Add to Dropbox" works for folders but any idea about shared files ?
    Cuz they don't have this feature and while long polling or webhooks, Dropbox doesnt give the details of the file which was shared to the user. 

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    5 years ago

    apo1397 "Shared folders" and "shared files" work a bit differently unfortunately. You can't add or "mount" a shared file in an account like you can with a shared folder.

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