Searching using search_v2 not searching in all directory

[amjadkhalil]

When i use the api search_v2 to search for a file by file name it do search only on the APP Folder that was created by api, and it does not search in the whole Dropbox.

Any solution for this?

[Здравко]

Hi @amjadkhalil,

Since your application uses app folder, it has lost access to the rest of entire user content. This is possible mistake at application creation time. You will need to recreate the application with full dropbox access, if you really need such. 😉

Hope this helps.

[amjadkhalil]

Thank you for your reply. I noticed that there is new option where you choose the whole dropbox application but it is still not retriving all results . it retrive only the files or data created by user.

I did try by genrate bearer and by oauth2 flow.Am still getting only the files or data created by user.

[Здравко]

Hello again @amjadkhalil,

I have no idea what exactly you have tried, but as far as I know there is no way to change the type of the application once created, unfortunately. Would be fine such an option to be added at some point in the future by Dropbox team. Anyway, it's missing now. That's why I told you that have to recreate your application (anew - wipe out the existing, or no, and create it again with more care what you will select)!!! Changing permissions only isn't enough!

Hope now it's a bit more clear.

[amjadkhalil]

What am trying to say is i did create another app with the whole dropbox application.But search retrive only files created by me not other users.

[Здравко]

🙂 Of course, any application does list/access only files granted by available token(s). Have the "other users", that you mean, granted your application access to their accounts? 😉

[amjadkhalil]

No they have not.

[amjadkhalil]

I just make sure right now that the folder path i want to search on it is a shared folder but i still cannot search on it.

[Здравко]

There is no reason any shared folder (either shared by you or shared to you) to be something limiting. I just checked and everything seems to work fine.

You can look for the issue further, as trying to reach the particular file where you are expecting something to be found. Are you able to navigate, using your application, to there? If there is some issue, what's the error message, returned by API?

[amjadkhalil]

Am getting this error message:
Error in call to API function "files/search_v2": This API function operates on a single Dropbox account, but the OAuth 2 access token you provided is for an entire Dropbox Business team. Since your API app key has team member file access permissions, you can operate on a team member's Dropbox by providing the "Dropbox-API-Select-User" HTTP header or "select_user" URL parameter to specify the exact user <https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams>.