Use /get_thumbnail_v2 in <img> tag together with Dropbox-API-Path-Root

[Adam B.39]

Hey,

We've had an internal tool working fine for a few years. But we recently switched to the new team space experience. I managed to sort the file listing and everything out by setting the headers `Dropbox-API-Path-Root` and `Dropbox-API-Select-User`.

But previously we were able to use the `/2/files/get_thumbnail_v2` endpoint together with the `authorization` query parameter directly on a <img> tag in the browser. But now it no longer works, because I can't find a way to set `Dropbox-API-Path-Root` and `Dropbox-API-Select-User` as query parameters. As far as I understand it they can only be set as headers. When creating `<img>` tags I can't set headers.

Any idea if it is possible to pass the path root and user as query parameters? Or if I'm doing something wrong?

[Greg-DB · Accepted solution]

There are also 'path_root' and 'select_user' URL parameters for those headers, respectively. They work like the 'authorization' header, in that the value would be the same value as passed to the corresponding header, plus the necessary URL encoding.

These aren't officially documented, but I'll ask the team to document them.

[Adam B.39]

Thanks for the quick reply! Works like a charm.