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ariod
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Folder not returned in through search API

Are there any cases where a team folder would not be returned through the search API (filesSearchV2), but the same folder would be listed in the search results on Dropbox web? (When searching by the ...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    3 years ago

    ariod The Dropbox website may be using different options/capabilities. If something on the API isn't working as expected for you, please share the specific steps/code to reproduce the issue and the unexpected output, as well as an example of what you do expect, so we can take a look. Feel free to open a ticket here if you'd prefer to share privately. Thanks!

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
3 years ago

Did you properly set the call' root? If not set, the root defaults to logged user' (team member) private folder and everything that can be done (including search) is restricted to there.

  • ariod's avatar
    ariod
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the fast response! By "root", do you mean the "path" property of SearchOptions?

    • Здравко's avatar
      Здравко
      Legendary | Level 20
      3 years ago

      🙂 No, no...

      Take a look here for more info. 😉

      Hope this helps.

      • ariod's avatar
        ariod
        Explorer | Level 4
        3 years ago

        Thanks, this was useful. The app is scoped to Full Dropbox access, and no header is sent to override the root.

        My understanding per this document is that in this case the search should work on all folders within the user's Dropbox folder, including team folders. Am I correct?

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