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Need help managing photos with DropBox
Hello Dropbox! I am trying to set up an automated workflow via zapier for our company juniqe.com: i need to invite new folder members as editors via their email, am am trying to do so via a w...
If you know the path or ID for the folder, and the folder is already a shared folder, you can get the shared folder ID by calling /2/files/get_metadata. The shared folder ID will be in the result at folder.sharing_info.shared_folder_id. Using /2/sharing/list_folders[/continue] on the folder's parent also works.
Note that creating a shared link for a folder does not make it a "shared folder". These actually refer to two different types of sharing on Dropbox: "shared links" and "shared folders". Folders will only receive shared folder IDs for the second type of sharing, "shared folders".
It sounds like you may have used /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings to make a shared link for the folder. To share the folder in order to get a shared folder ID, you should use /2/sharing/share_folder.
Hey Chuck @chirstius
Yes, it's being done via the web interface, not programmatically.
Could you maybe sshare the code that you used to test? Like i said, i am not a coder (my job here actually is art curator, don't ask my why i am doing what i am doing lol), so any copy&pastable examples would be great, i am sure i am just messing up the syntax.
Thanks a ton!
chirstius
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox Staff
Sorry for the delayed response, here are the steps I took:
First, configure whatever trigger you plan to use for the zap.
Next, when you configure an action, select "webhook" and choose "Custom Request" and configure it as follows:
NOTE - This assumes you are using a Team-linked access token with the member file access permission. If you are using a user-linked access token you can remove the 'Dropbox-API-Select-User' header. If you don't know how to get the <owner_memebr_id> placeholder value you can use the endpoint:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams#team-members-get_info
Which can quickly be accessed from the API Explorer here:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/team/#team_members/get_info
Use the email of an account that has permission to add members to the folder and from the results get their team_member_id which will look like 'dbmid:abcdef12345' and use that for the 'Dropbox-API-Select-User' header value.
Fill in all other placeholder values as appropriate from previous Zapier steps/data and hopefully this will get you moving in the right direction.
-Chuck
Hey Chuck!
I am trying to follow your example but am receiving the following error codeWe had trouble sending your test through. Please try again. Error:
api.dropboxapi.com returned (400) Bad Request and said "Error in call to API function "sharing/add_folder_member": Unexpected select user header. Your app does not have permission to use this featurei am pasting my request below, is this something to do with the user i am authenticating as?
- Greg-DBIt sounds like you're not using a "team-linked" app (i.e., an app registered for the "Dropbox Business API"). The Dropbox-API-Select-User header is only meant for team-linked apps. Since you're using a "user-linked" app (i.e., an app registered for the "Dropbox API"), you should remove the Dropbox-API-Select-User header.
Hi Greg, I tried your suggestion and removed the header, now resulting in the following error again:
api.dropboxapi.com returned (400) Bad Request and said nothing
Is there a way to find out if we're using a team or user linked account?
It seems like I am hitting a wall with this, and it (seems) to be so dirt simple!
Your help is really appreciated. I just think i might need a little more of it!
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