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Getty I.
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

Using save_url w/out specifying folder name

Is there an equivalent to .../1/save_url/auto in v2?  I noticed that when using the v2 save_url, I have to specify the default folder name whereas in v1, I could just use auto.  Please advise.
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Getty I.'s avatar
Getty I.
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

Thank you Gregory. I am having some issues in regards to where the API is reading and writing to when I leave out the folder name.

For example,  I have an app whose App Name is My App. The access type says "This app has read/write access only to files inside it's folder".
If I use save_url (https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/save_url )  and I only specify the file name (for example myfile.txt), the file gets written to Dropbox and not Dropbox->Apps->My App.

A related issue is as follows: If I do specify the folder name in save_url (/My App/myfile.txt), the file is saved to that folder (Dropbox->Apps->My App).
However, when I specify /MyFolder/myfile.txt when running get_metadata, I get a Httpstatuscode of 409. If I only request /myfile.txt (excluding the foldername), get_metadata will find the file.  Please help me understand how I should be able to write a file and check for that file.  

Larry

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