How can I get a list of folders and files for each User account

[tknoob]

Hi,

I'm new to using Dropbox.  My company has a business account with most employees having a Dropbox account.

We have a need to get a list of folders and files,  shared folders and shared files, and owners of shared folders and shared files for each business User account.  Can this be accomplished via the APIs?

Thanks.

[Greg-DB]

Yes, the Dropbox API offers functionality like this. You may want to check out the following guides to get started:

• https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/getting-started
• https://developers.dropbox.com/dbx-file-access-guide
• https://developers.dropbox.com/dbx-sharing-guide

For instance:

• to list the contents of any particular folder: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder & https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder-continue
• to list shared folders: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-list_folders & https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-list_folders-continue
• to list received shared files: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-list_received_files & https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-list_received_files-cont...
• to list the owner/members of a shared folder: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-list_folder_members & https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-list_folder_members-cont...

By the way, those are links to the documentation for the HTTPS endpoints themselves, but we recommend using one of the official SDKs if possible. Those have corresponding native methods for the HTTPS endpoints: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation#sdks

[tknoob]

Thanks for the info.  As an example, in the case of using the list_folder API, how do I specify the User account of the folders I want to view?

I'm an admin, I just want to get every User's file listing.

Thanks.

[Greg-DB]

For that, you would use the "member file access" feature as documented here:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams#teams-member-file-access