How to list the contents of a team folder?

[sreeraj]

I am using dropbox business account and API v2.0. I have team folder with many subfolders and files in it. When I call the api /team_folder/list I get the name of the team folder. But how do I get list the contents (both files and folders) of a teamfolder? I couldnt find any related api calls in the team section in the documentation - https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams#team-team_folder-list.

Please advice.

Also, please let me know if there is any PHP sdk available for Business API. Currently I am using HTTP api requests.

Thanks.

[Mark]

*moves to API forum*

[Greg-DB · Accepted solution]

In order to list the contents of a folder, such as a team folder, you should use /2/files/list_folder[/continue]:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder-continue

Note that this is a user endpoint, so if you have a Business API app, you'd need to have the "team member file access" permission and use the "member file access" feature:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams#teams-member-file-access

We don't have an official PHP SDK for Dropbox API v2, but you can use a third party library:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/communitysdks

Or, you can call the HTTPS endpoints themselves, as you have been:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation

[hsin]

According to this article: https://www.dropbox.com/help/business/team-folders

I believe that there're two kinds of Dropbox Business Account:

• A: the Dropbox Business account created a long time ago.
• B: the Dropbox Business account created recently. => with Team Space

The /2/files/list_folder lists all the files include team folders of A.

But the /2/files/list_folder lists only the files in the purple folder (private folder) of B.

Is there any way to list team folders and their contents of B's Team Space?

Thank you!

[Greg-DB]

@hsin Yes, that's correct. For the newer type B, please refer to the namespace guide, which covers how to access the team space:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/namespace-guide

[msullybos]

For files/list_folders, can you use the team_folder_id in place of the path?

Thanks

[Greg-DB]

@msullybos Yes, the /2/files/list_folder endpoint supports namespace ID paths in the 'path' parameter, so you can use the team_folder_id for a team folder as the 'path' value, like "ns:123456789", where 123456789 is the team_folder_id. (For information on how to interact with a team space though, refer to the Team Files Guide.)