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Suddenly getting "no_permission/unauthorized_account_id_usage/" with add_folder_member endpoint
We've recently started getting different behavior from the API when calling add_folder_member. We're getting the error "no_permission/unauthorized_account_id_usage/". I've replicated it in the A...
DB-Des
Dropbox Engineer
Dropbox EngineerHi adamb924,
I'll be happy to help with any issues you're having with the Dropbox API, but I'll need some more information. Please reply with:
- the name and version number of the platform and SDK/library you are using, if any
- the steps to reproduce the issue, including relevant code snippet(s), but don't include any access or refresh token(s)
Could you also confirm if you receive the same error when using the user's email address instead of their Dropbox ID?
Thanks for getting right back to me. This is with API v2. We're using CURL calls. Here for example is a CURL call that replicates the problem (with placeholders for the private stuff).
```
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/add_folder_member \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <my access token>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "{\"members\":[{\"access_level\":\"editor\",\"member\":{\".tag\":\"dropbox_id\",\"dropbox_id\":\"<my user id>\"}}],\"quiet\":false,\"shared_folder_id\":\"<my folder id>\"}"
```
When I identified the user with an email address, it worked. Please let me know if this behavior will be fixed, or if we should switch over to using email addresses.
Thanks.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
adamb924 Thanks for following up. Can you clarify where/how you retrieved that "dbid" value that you're passing to /2/sharing/add_folder_member?
Yep, I got it from the account_id field in the value returned from my call to
https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token. (When I logged in as the target user.)
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