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alextanalextan's avatar
alextanalextan
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Support for DropBox Bussiness

Hi all. I need to add support for Dropbox Business in our existing integration. And I have to switch the existing Dropbox app from the access permissions model to utilizing scopes.   I want to ...
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Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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5 years ago
Hey alextanalextan, welcome to our Community!

Would you mind clarifying what you'd like to do? Would you like to upgrade to Dropbox Business to have live support available?

And can you please elaborate on what you'd like to do with the Dropbox app a bit more?

Thanks!
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alextanalextan
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Hi @Hannah. Thanks for the quick response.

 

Currently, we have integration with Dropbox in our product, which allows our users to watch/add files from/to Dropbox within our product. We have users who use Dropbox Bussiness, but the application we have registered doesn't allow them to get benefits of Dropbox Bussiness for example watch team folders.

Now we want to add some scopes (Team_data.member, Team_data.team_space), by which users can allow our product to get their team folders for them.

 

The question here is that can we still use our existing registered application?

Thank you.

P. S.  Sorry if I have chosen the wrong group for the question.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    5 years ago
    Hi alextanalextan, are you referring to using the Dropbox API with an app or service you created yourself?

    If so, I can move this thread to the appropriate forum.
    • alextanalextan's avatar
      alextanalextan
      Explorer | Level 3
      5 years ago

      Hi Jay, yes we have a registered app and use its clientID and clientSecret for our flow.

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
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        5 years ago
        Thanks for the info, your post is now in the API forum for more appropriate assistance on this matter!
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    5 years ago

    alextanalextan It's also worth noting that if you just want to access the contents of team folders/spaces, you don't actually need to add "team" scopes to your app. An app with the individual user scopes, such as files.content.read, can be connected to Business and non-Business accounts alike. You don't need team_data.member or team_data.team_space to access team files/folders, for example, to download a file. You can see which scope is required for each endpoint in the documentation. I also recommend reading the Team Files Guide for information on how to access team folders/spaces.

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