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Team Folder API access in a Standard plan
Forgive me if this information is already available, but I haven't immediately been able to find it. I'm in a scenario where I would like to sync data from a third-party application to team folders in dropbox. My organization is currently operating under a Standard license.
I know team folders are a concept in a Standard plan, because I can create them. However, my understanding is that to use the API to send files to them specifically, I need to make use of team folder namespace Ids in my headers. And from what I can tell, there are several API endpoints to retrieve the namespace ID of a given folder, such as team/team_folder/get_info and files/get_metadata. However, while I can hit these endpoints, they do not retrieve any information about folder namepace Ids, and I think what I am now reading is that that information simply isn't available unless you are operating under a Business or Enterprise license.
Is this conclusion accurate? Is there a way to retrieve / use team folder namespace Ids under a Standard license, to sync files to specific team folders? If so, how?
Thanks in advance for your help, and sorry again if this information is already available and I'm just missing it.
1 Reply
- DB-Des
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi SRyther
Access to the Dropbox API is free and doesn't require a specific paid plan. While some endpoints may return additional data for certain account types, the endpoints you mentioned — /2/team/team_folder/get_info and /2/files/get_metadata — are not "paid-plan-only" endpoints by themselves.
As far as retrieving team folder namespace IDs, you should be able to do it by calling /2/team/namespaces/list
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