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23W
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6 years ago
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How can I list content of sharded folder that has not mounted yet?

How can I list content of sharded folder that has not been mounted yet?
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    6 years ago

    The Dropbox API functionality for listing folders is generally only meant for mounted content, but you can technically list the contents of an unmounted folder by calling /2/files/list_folder with the 'preview_url' (e.g., from the shared folder metadata) as the 'shared_link.url' parameter, like:

    curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"path\": \"\", \"shared_link\": {\"url\": \"<PREVIEW_URL>\"}}"
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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

Attempting to upload to an unmounted shared folder will fail. The shared folder needs to be mounted for an app to make changes in it.

We should return a better error message in this case though. I'll ask the team to update the API to return a useful error when this is attempted. Thanks!

23W's avatar
23W
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

Greg-DB 
Thanks, it's a bit disappointing but expected. Can you say, only upload operation is forbidden for such type of shared folder or I should avoid other modification operation like renaming, creating\deleting sub-folders? Currently they work fine, can I use them in production?

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    6 years ago

    Some other kinds of changes may work, but I can't guarantee if that's officially supported. I'll ask the team to confirm this and document it explicitly.

  • 23W's avatar
    23W
    Helpful | Level 5
    6 years ago

    Great thank you. I'll wait confirmation and documentation of this feature.

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