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Explorer | Level 3

9 months ago

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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 metadat...

Здравко
9 months ago
1575475, take a look here.
Hope this helps.

Legendary | Level 20

9 months ago

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
Explorer | Level 3
9 months ago
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
- Здравко
  Legendary | Level 20
  9 months ago
  1575475, take a look here.
  Hope this helps.
  - 1575475
    Explorer | Level 3
    9 months ago
    Hi Здравко,
    many, many kudos to you!
    I didn't get that the endpoint you mentioned works with ids, too ( not only the path).
    Best regards,
    Jan

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