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Upload a file to a shared folder using the REST API
I'm attempting to upload a file to a shared (team) folder in Dropbox.
\ (hidden root)
\[My Personal Folder]
\My Company Team Folder
\Activities
\2024-04-11
File A
File B
I want to add files to \My Company Team Folder\Activities\2024-04-11.
This is the code (PowerShell):
$AccessToken = 'XXXXX'
$TeamMemberId = '123456' # an administrator
$InFile = ~/Desktop/SomeFile.pdf
$Destination = '/Activities/2024-04-11/SomeFile.pdf'
$Headers = @{
Authorization = 'Bearer {0}' -f $AccessToken
'Dropbox-API-Select-User' = $TeamMemberId
'Dropbox-API-Path-Root' = @{
'.tag'='root'
root=$RootFolderId
} | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
'Dropbox-API-Arg' = @{
path=$Destination
mode="add"
autorename=$true
mute=$false
} | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
}
$Response = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Post -Uri 'https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload' -Headers $Headers -ContentType 'application/octet-stream' -InFile $InFile
When I run the script, I get an error that reads "path/no_write_permission/".
iNeilDropbox Engineer
Hello craibuc,
Based on the error message 'path/no_write_permission/', this indicates that you don’t have write permissions to the folder to upload the file. For example, you don’t have write permission to the folder /Activities/2024-04-11. Please double-check if you have editor permission on the folder.
If you are still having difficulty, could you provide the values for the $TeamMemberId and $RootFolderId? Alternatively, you can open an API ticket using the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/contactI found the solution: I needed to include the team-folder's name in the path. So, instead of '/Activities/2024-04-11/SomeFile.pdf', it needed to be '/My Company Team Folder/Activities/2024-04-11/SomeFile.pdf'
The documentation on this is *terrible*, not to mention the contortions that developers need to perform to list shared folders and add content to them. Your API needs a complete revision to make it easier to use.
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