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1575475
Explorer | Level 3
5 months ago

Unable to fetch metadata of shared folder

Hi,

after creating a shared folder via endpoint 

https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/create_folder_v2

a folder id in the form "id:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" is returned.

When trying to fetch the metadata of this particular folder later on using the endpoint

https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/get_folder_metadata

and that very id, I receive an error response that the id is invalid.

The documentation/example of above endpoint has been updated recently, now using folder ids in the form "0000000" (numeric only).

So, how can I access the metadata of a folder having an id in the form of "id:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"?

Thank you very much in advance.

Best,

Jan

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20

    Hi 1575475,

    You're mixing different things. File/folder id is NOT the same as shared folder id!. 🙂 That's where your confusion comes from. Even more - in such a way you have created regular folder, not shared folder. 😉

    Hope this clarifies matter.

    • 1575475's avatar
      1575475
      Explorer | Level 3

      Hi Здравко,

      Thank you, that's exactly what I was assuming. But anyway, how can I fetch the metadata of an "ordinary" folder (using an Id such as "id:xxxxxxxxxxxx")?

      Best regards,

      Jan

       

       

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