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Error updating Preferred Name ( New First and Last name )
We got a requirement to update our Dropbox first and last name. Is it simply to to use info to update an existing user Dropbox first name and last name. Our wrote the code using json API but not as f...
Documentation is not clear. See solution. Please advise if I misunderstood anything.
team_members_set_profile_v2(user, new_email=None, new_external_id=None, new_given_name=None, new_surname=None, new_persistent_id=None, new_is_directory_restricted=None)
if len(fname) != 0:
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2(user=user, new_given_name=fname)
print(result)
if len(lname) != 0:
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2(user=user, new_surname=lname)
print(result)
I checked the documentation but looking for clarification since we still use the old json API for 95% of our teams we are learning the new Python SDK for 1 team.
Instead of user do I pass the below. Can you provide an example of updating fname and lname for below?
## New Code
user = dropbox.team.UserSelectorArg.email(dropboxemail)
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2([user])
print(result)
##OlD Get Info Code
for info in result.members_info:
if info.is_member_info():
if len(new_email) != 0:
info.get_member_info().profile.email = new_email
if len(fname) != 0:
info.get_member_info().profile.name.given_name = fname
if len(lname) != 0:
nfo.get_member_info().profile.name.surname = lname
if len(emplid) != 0:
info.get_member_info().profile.persistent_id = emplid
if len(newExID) != 0:
info.get_member_info().profile.external_id = newExID
#######################################################################################
print("\n\nName is : " + str(info.get_member_info().profile.name) )
print("\nFirst name is : " + str(info.get_member_info().profile.name.given_name))
print("Last Name is : " + str(info.get_member_info().profile.name.surname))
print("Account ID : " + info.get_member_info().profile.team_member_id)
print("Email is : " + info.get_member_info().profile.email)
print("\nPersistent ID is : " + info.get_member_info().profile.persistent_id)
print("External ID is : " + info.get_member_info().profile.external_id)
elif info.is_id_not_found():
print("User not found.")
else:
print("Other scenario not anticipated. Need to traige...")
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffJohnAdam_CUNY I don't believe we have sample code handy for team_members_set_profile_v2 in particular, so please refer to the documentation for information on the parameters to use with that method. For example, it sounds like you'd need to use the "user", "new_given_name", and "new_surname" for your use case.
Please try that out and if it doesn't work for you, please share the relevant code and output so we can help troubleshoot.
See below issue it appears not to accept my variables.
Test #1
dbx_team = dropbox.DropboxTeam(
oauth2_refresh_token=REFRESH_TOKEN,
app_key=APP_KEY,
app_secret=APP_SECRET)
user = dropbox.team.UserSelectorArg.email(dropboxemailif len(new_email) != 0:
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2([user],new_email=new_email)
print(result)
if len(fname) != 0:
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2([user],info.get_member_info().profile.name.given_name = fname)
print(result)
if len(lname) != 0:
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2([user], info.get_member_info().profile.name.new_surname=lname)
print(result)
Error:
C:\Users\jdebh\Anaconda3\python.exe "S:\Academic Collaboration Technology\DROP BOX\DropboxPROD\CORECODE\OAUTH_COSEN_SET_INFO.py"
File "S:\Academic Collaboration Technology\DROP BOX\DropboxPROD\CORECODE\OAUTH_COSEN_SET_INFO.py", line 30
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2([user],info.get_member_info().profile.name.given_name = fname)
^
SyntaxError: expression cannot contain assignment, perhaps you meant "=="?Process finished with exit code 1
Test #2dbx_team = dropbox.DropboxTeam(
oauth2_refresh_token=REFRESH_TOKEN,
app_key=APP_KEY,
app_secret=APP_SECRET)
user = dropbox.team.UserSelectorArg.email(dropboxemail)if len(new_email) != 0:
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2([user],new_email=new_email)
print(result)
if len(fname) != 0:
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2([user], new_given_name=str(fname))
print(result)
if len(lname) != 0:
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2([user], new_surname=str(lname))
print(result)
Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "S:\Academic Collaboration Technology\DROP BOX\DropboxPROD\CORECODE\OAUTH_COSEN_SET_INFO.py", line 32, in <module>
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2([user], new_given_name=str(fname))
File "C:\Users\jdebh\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\dropbox\base_team.py", line 2065, in team_members_set_profile_v2
arg = team.MembersSetProfileArg(user,
File "C:\Users\jdebh\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\dropbox\team.py", line 9112, in __init__
self.user = user
File "C:\Users\jdebh\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\stone\backends\python_rsrc\stone_base.py", line 79, in __set__
self.validator.validate_type_only(value)
File "C:\Users\jdebh\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\stone\backends\python_rsrc\stone_validators.py", line 612, in validate_type_only
raise ValidationError('expected type %s or subtype, got %s' %
stone.backends.python_rsrc.stone_validators.ValidationError: expected type dropbox.team.UserSelectorArg or subtype, got listDocumentation is not clear. See solution. Please advise if I misunderstood anything.
team_members_set_profile_v2(user, new_email=None, new_external_id=None, new_given_name=None, new_surname=None, new_persistent_id=None, new_is_directory_restricted=None)
if len(fname) != 0:
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2(user=user, new_given_name=fname)
print(result)
if len(lname) != 0:
result = dbx_team.team_members_set_profile_v2(user=user, new_surname=lname)
print(result)- Greg-DB
In your first attempt, I see you're putting other statements in place of the method's parameter names, which is not valid Python code, so you get that SyntaxError.
In your second attempt, I see you're supplying a list of UserSelectorArg, that is `[user]`, instead of just a single UserSelectorArg as documented, that is just `user`, so you get that ValidationError.
In your third attempt, I see you are using the correct parameter names and types, but note that you don't need to call it three times. It looks like you're not setting anything on that first call, so that one seems unnecessary. Edit: unless that first line is just copied from the documentation, and not something you're actually running?
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