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mjoyner1
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9 years ago

Sharing the root of an App folder.

Hi there,   Our product is a CRM plugin that allows access to folder that is related to a CRM account. Many users on the CRM can access this app folder thru a common BEARER TOKEN.   Is it pos...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

No, app folders are incompatible with shared folders. That is, app folders can't contain shared folders, be contained in shared folders, or themselves be shared as shared folders.

If you need your app to interact with shared folders, you'll need to use full Dropbox access.

 

If you do use shared folder (e.g., via a full Dropbox app), the structure within the shared folder itself will be the same for all users, but each user can move the shared folder itself to a different location in each of their accounts, and even rename the shared folder for themselves.

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