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Takashi Homma
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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Dropbox root folder path variants home and work

I found Dropbox's web interface has two types of folders at the root level: 'home' and 'work'.

What is the difference between these?

Can I use any API to determine which folder is being used?

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    2 years ago

    Takashi Homma Thanks for the context. The Dropbox API doesn't offer a way of constructing those non-shared web site URLs, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.

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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    2 years ago

    Takashi Homma wrote:

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    Can I use any API to determine which folder is being used?


    You (or your app user) can use any folder that the user has access to, so "which folder is being used" - not clear what you're asking for actually. If you want to know the types of folders (or namespaces) you can use /2/team/namespaces/list.

    Good luck.

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    2 years ago

    Takashi Homma It sounds like you're referring to the /home and /work routes on the Dropbox web site. The Dropbox API doesn't use those; for information on interacting with different files/folders on the Dropbox API, I recommend reading the File Access Guide and Team Files Guide.

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    2 years ago

    Takashi Homma Thanks for the context. The Dropbox API doesn't offer a way of constructing those non-shared web site URLs, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.

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