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saarbeli
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

download file of another user in my team

Hi,   I'm tryring to use the endpoint "files/download" to download content of another user in my team. Even if I'm using the header "Dropbox-API-Select-Admin" and the namespace root of the user, I ...
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Greg-DB
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8 years ago

Using /2/files/download is the correct way to download file content. I just tried this, and it is working properly for me. Can you double check that you have the correct path? This error should just indicate that there was nothing found at that path for that user. You can use /2/files/list_folder[/continue] to list items.

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test9
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

It works when the file is in my account.

However, when I try to download file that is in someone else account, using admin permission (Dropbox-API-Select-Admin) with admin id, I get an error

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    Greg-DB
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    8 years ago
    Is the path correct for their account? They may have a different folder structure. I recommend using list_folder to inspect the folder structure first. (E.g., if you use the "" path, an empty string, you can list the root folder.)

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