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How to determine the folder type？
Hi. (I am using translation tool.)
I think the following method can be used to determine the folder type (team member folder, team folder, shared folder), is this correct?
I think it can be determined in the following order:
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Step.1: Use "files/get_metadata" endpoint to get the metadata to determine the folder type.
If the "shared_folder_id" in the metadata that obtained by Step.1 is null. and
If the "parent_shared_folder_id" in the metadata that obtained by Step.1 is null, or the same as the root namespace ID.
→ Step.2: Determine that the folder type is "team member folder".
If the "shared_folder_id" in the metadata that obtained by Step.1 is null. and
If the "parent_shared_folder_id" in the metadata that obtained by Step.1 has a value that is not the root namespace ID.
→ Step.2: Call the "sharing/get_folder_metadata" endpoint with that information as an argument.
→ Step.3: Determine whether it is a team folder or a shared folder using "is_team_folder" in the result of Step.2.
If the "shared_folder_id" in the metadata that obtained by Step.1 has a value. (is not null)
→ Step.2: Call the "sharing/get_folder_metadata" endpoint with that information as an argument.
→ Step.3: Determine whether it is a team folder or a shared folder using "is_team_folder" in the result of Step.2.
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Thask!
2 Replies
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
For reference, please refer to the documentation for specific information on what each field means. We cannot make guarantees beyond what is in the documentation.
To confirm, both shared folders and team folders are considered a type of "shared folder. For the metadata returned by /2/files/get_metadata (as well as /2/files/list_folder[/continue]), sharing_info.shared_folder_id will be set if a folder is a shared folder, and if so will contain the shared folder ID; sharing_info.parent_shared_folder_id will be set if the item is contained in a shared folder and if so will contain the parent folder's shared folder ID.
And yes, for any given shared folder, you can use is_team_folder returned by /2/sharing/get_folder_metadata to determine if it is a team folder or not.
The API doesn't return a specific identifier like that for identifying member folders in the folder metadata in particular, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
Thank you for your response!
I have shared it with my team.If there is anything additional I need to check, I will add it.
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