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Unable to use the add_file_member API (HTTP) with C#
I am trying to use this API but when inputting the parameters by creating anonymous properties, thanks to the "dot" in the ".tag" in "members", I cannot create that property as it will ask for an id...
Thank you for your detail example, it looks more complicated than I expected but it can send the parameters correctly. However, the result I get is an error like this:
"error_summary": "access_error/invalid_id/.."
I read the doc and I know I got the wrong folder ID, which I got from the result of this API:
https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder
The example of the ID from the result is like this:
"id": "id:a4ayc_80_OEAAAAAAAAAXw"
So if this ID is wrong, then which ID should I get and how can I get it through the API?
Thank you so much for your help.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThat ID with "id:" is the file/folder ID, but the add_folder_member requires the "shared folder ID", which is an integer. You can get it from /2/files/list_folder[/continue] in FolderMetadata.sharing_info.shared_folder_id, or /2/sharing/list_folders[/continue] or /2/sharing/check_share_job_status in SharedFolderMetadata.shared_folder_id.
Thanks for the reply. As I read the document, I know that using this API "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder" can get the "parent_shared_folder_id" inside the "sharing_info". Problem is, if the folder has not been shared before, the "parent_shared_folder_id" would not possibly appear in the result. The only way it would appear is after the folder has been shared once.
That makes the situation becomes very odd becasue in order to share a folder you need a so-called "parent_shared_folder_id". But the only way to get the "parent_shared_folder_id" you have to share the folder first. This is really confusing...
So how about you tell me the correct procedures in order to share a folder correctly using the APIs with reachable parameters? Thank you.
- Greg-DB
You do not need a 'parent_shared_folder_id' in order to share a folder. You can share a non-shared folder using /2/sharing/share_folder by specifying the 'path' of the folder you want to share:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-share_folder
When you get the successful result from /2/sharing/check_share_job_status, it will contain the new shared folder ID:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-check_share_job_status
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