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Query Dropbox API with `select_user` URL parameter
Hi there!
So what I'm trying to do is query Dropbox using python's from dropbox import DropboxTeam's request_json_object API.
I want to query the API path: files/list_folder.
My request dictionary that I pass to the function is as following:
request_json_object(dict(
host='api',
auth_type='team',
route_style='rpc',
request_binary=None,
route_name='files/list_folder',
request_arg={'limit': 1, 'select_user': 'userid:111...111'}
))
However, I am getting a BadInputError error:
> 'Error in call to API function "files/list_folder": This API function operates on a single Dropbox account, but the OAuth 2 access token you provided is for an entire Dropbox Business team. Since your API app key has team member file access permissions, you can operate on a team member\'s Dropbox by providing the "Dropbox-API-Select-User" HTTP header or "select_user" URL parameter to specify the exact user <https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams>.'
What am I doing wrong here?
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66247055/query-dropbox-api-with-select-user-url-parameter ]
First, note that you don't need to use `request_json_object` directly. You generally should use the native methods provided for each endpoint. In the official Dropbox Python SDK, for /2/files/list_folder, that would be `files_list_folder`.
And to set the the"Dropbox-API-Select-User" HTTP header when using the official Dropbox Python SDK, you should do so via the `DropboxTeam.as_user` method.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66247055/query-dropbox-api-with-select-user-url-parameter ]
First, note that you don't need to use `request_json_object` directly. You generally should use the native methods provided for each endpoint. In the official Dropbox Python SDK, for /2/files/list_folder, that would be `files_list_folder`.
And to set the the"Dropbox-API-Select-User" HTTP header when using the official Dropbox Python SDK, you should do so via the `DropboxTeam.as_user` method.
Hi,
Thanks for the prompt response.The reason that I opted for request_json_object was that I would get JSON output, which is the format that I need the results in.
With the SDK however, I'd get a Dropbox object.
Is there a way that I could get the response from SDK in JSON? Or a way I could transform the Dropbox object response to JSON or python dictionary?
- Greg-DB
The methods for calling the API in the Dropbox Python SDK like files_list_folder don't offer the original JSON, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
You can transform the information in the returned native object, such as ListFolderResult for files_list_folder, however you wish. You'd need to write the code to do so though, e.g., to build some JSON.
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