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JimmyMcnulty
3 months agoNew member | Level 2
Creating an integration for both Regular and Business users
I created a Dropbox app that allows users to upload files into my app. All was well until I realized, that users with Dropbox for Business can't import files, because I needed different scopes for th...
- 3 months ago
Yes, that's correct. Using the 'pathRoot' property sets the "Dropbox-API-Path-Root" header; if you use the "root" mode like that and set it to the account's root_namespace_id that would set the call to operate in the root for the account (such as the team space, if any).
JimmyMcnulty
New member | Level 2
Thanks for the reply Greg.
I think I managed to have a small breakthrough after your explanation:
new Dropbox({
accessToken,
pathRoot: JSON.stringify({ ".tag": "root", root: "XXX" })
});
In this example, I'm assuming this will always work, as long as I pass
root_namespace_id from /2/users/get_current_account, is that correct?
Greg-DB
3 months agoDropbox Staff
Yes, that's correct. Using the 'pathRoot' property sets the "Dropbox-API-Path-Root" header; if you use the "root" mode like that and set it to the account's root_namespace_id that would set the call to operate in the root for the account (such as the team space, if any).
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