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Daan L.
11 years agoNew member | Level 1
Sharing of folders inside the Apps/ folder
I have an application (madoko.net) where users rely on shared folders in dropbox to cooperate.
However, I now need to give the application access to a users' entire dropbox and I would like to mak...
Bob_Stein
10 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Things that waste my time:
- A dropbox folder that cannot be shared (in Apps).
- A dropbox API that cannot access files in a particular shared folder (not in Apps).
- A dropbox cloud folder (in Apps) that shows a SHARE button that does nothing but scold you for using it (see below).
- Norman doors.

- Profitable Web9 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Hi,
Enjoyed your bad doors video.
Have you or anyone here tried the teams API https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams does that allow shared apps folders amongst team users?
Cheers,
Tim Woolfson
www.profitablewebprojects.com- Greg-DB9 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi Tim, unfortunately, no, using the Dropbox Business API doesn't change the incompatibility between shared folders and app folders.- Profitable Web9 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Thanks Greg.
My objective is to allow multiple users read/write access to a folder to which an app also has access, without allowing the app access to a user´s entire dropbox. I believe that this is the objective of the majority of people on this thread.So, whilst an App folder would be the logical place for that to happen, any viable workaround would be appreciated. Is it possible for an app to write to a team folder via the API?
Recent reading: https://www.dropbox.com/en/help/9124
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