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mrozak
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6 years ago

Business Endpoint - create a team folder

Hello folks, when I use the business endpoint to create a team folder (in the legacy configuration of Dropbox), the team folder is created but it is not displayed in the home page, only in the admi...
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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

Yes, when you first create a new team folder using /2/team/team_folder/create, it won't have any members. This does mean even the team itself won't automatically be added to it.

To add members to the folder, whether that's individual members, groups, or the entire team, you should use /2/sharing/add_folder_member via the "member file access" feature. To add the entire team, you can add the team group, which you can look up by using /2/team/groups/list[/continue].

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