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Klaus A.'s avatar
Klaus A.
Helpful | Level 5
9 years ago
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v2 API

I have an app that used to run fine on the v1 API using xmlhttp requests. Migrating the app to v2 I can't get anything except authorization to work. The app has read/write access to its own folder on...
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    9 years ago

    You mentioned your app has an app folder, so can you double check that the app folder itself contains a "Recipes" folder in it? I.e., when you look at dropbox.com, that would be at /Apps/<app folder name/Recipes. Also, if you've registered multiple apps or used multiple accounts, make sure you're using an access token for the right app and account.

     

    In any case, to list the contents of a folder, including root (which is the app folder for apps with the app folder permission) you should use the /2/files/list_folder and /2/files/list_folder/continue methods.

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