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    <title>topic Re: API search access to shared folder in Discuss Dropbox Developer &amp; API</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/API-search-access-to-shared-folder/m-p/672977#M3297</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;The search endpoints don't support searching within a shared link, but you can use &lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder" target="_blank"&gt;/2/files/list_folder&lt;/A&gt;[&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder-continue" target="_blank"&gt;/continue&lt;/A&gt;] to list the contents (and filter client-side as needed) as you mentioned, so I suggest trying that to see if it would be sufficient for your use case.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;To do so, you would specify the shared link URL in the 'shared_link.url' field. When doing so, the 'path' field would only be needed if you want to list a relative path for a specific subfolder inside the folder for which you're supplying the shared link.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;I suggest trying &lt;A href="https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/#files_list_folder" target="_blank"&gt;the API v2 Explorer&lt;/A&gt;, as it's helpful for building calls like this.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 18:02:32 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-03-30T18:02:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>API search access to shared folder</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/API-search-access-to-shared-folder/m-p/669787#M3277</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hey there,&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;I'm working on a small utility using the dropbox API.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;So far, I've been able to set up an App and used the files/search_v2 endpoint to locate specific files in the scoped app's folder.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;But my actual use case is to find files in a folder for which the user will have a shared link. The folder is quite large, and I don't want the users to have to add it to their dropbox as a mounted share. Is it possible to pass a shared folder link to an endpoint like search_v2? Or is there another way that I can locate and read the files that I need from a shared folder link without mounting it?&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Thanks for any advice you can provide.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:09:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/API-search-access-to-shared-folder/m-p/669787#M3277</guid>
      <dc:creator>Caligari</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-03-21T10:09:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: API search access to shared folder</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/API-search-access-to-shared-folder/m-p/670809#M3284</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi Caligari,&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;It sounds like your app has "App folder" access. To access all files and folders a user has access to, including through the search endpoint, your app needs "Full Dropbox" access.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Scott&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 23:24:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/API-search-access-to-shared-folder/m-p/670809#M3284</guid>
      <dc:creator>Scott-DB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-03-23T23:24:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: API search access to shared folder</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/API-search-access-to-shared-folder/m-p/670855#M3286</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;(Wow is it hard to get the API Explorer to generate tokens for a different App, or did I miss something?)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for that! But...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So, I've created a new Full Access app. But I'm unsure what I'm supposed to put, where, to look for files in the shared folder I have a link for. How do I put that link (or part of it) in the optional Path field?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I note that the list_folder endpoint has a specific shared link field, but not the search endpoint. I suppose I could use the list_folder endpoint and process the list of filenames myself, but there are a lot of them, so I'd rather get just the ones I need, if that is possible.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Advice welcome!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- Caligari&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 06:39:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/API-search-access-to-shared-folder/m-p/670855#M3286</guid>
      <dc:creator>Caligari</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-03-28T06:39:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: API search access to shared folder</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/API-search-access-to-shared-folder/m-p/672977#M3297</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;The search endpoints don't support searching within a shared link, but you can use &lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder" target="_blank"&gt;/2/files/list_folder&lt;/A&gt;[&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder-continue" target="_blank"&gt;/continue&lt;/A&gt;] to list the contents (and filter client-side as needed) as you mentioned, so I suggest trying that to see if it would be sufficient for your use case.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;To do so, you would specify the shared link URL in the 'shared_link.url' field. When doing so, the 'path' field would only be needed if you want to list a relative path for a specific subfolder inside the folder for which you're supplying the shared link.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I suggest trying &lt;A href="https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/#files_list_folder" target="_blank"&gt;the API v2 Explorer&lt;/A&gt;, as it's helpful for building calls like this.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 18:02:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/API-search-access-to-shared-folder/m-p/672977#M3297</guid>
      <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-03-30T18:02:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: API search access to shared folder</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/API-search-access-to-shared-folder/m-p/673092#M3300</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Thanks for that!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'll filter the list locally, which should be fine. Just more network traffic&amp;nbsp;&lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://www.dropboxforum.com/html/@FBF7D2AB59A0D6E861EBF6A36F93B7E2/emoticons/1f642.png" alt=":slightly_smiling_face:" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- Caligari&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 02:41:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/API-search-access-to-shared-folder/m-p/673092#M3300</guid>
      <dc:creator>Caligari</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-03-31T02:41:35Z</dc:date>
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