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NJF
6 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Where can I find my own account_id?
To make a sucessful call to: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/users/get_account, I need to provide (my own) account_id. I am trying to access my own account via the api v2 bypassing the OAuth flow, bu...
- 6 years ago
To access the account information, including the account ID, for the account for the access token you're using, you should use the /2/users/get_current_account endpoint instead of /2/users/get_account.
That doesn't take any parameters, and instead just returns the account information based on the access token used for the call.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
6 years agoTo access the account information, including the account ID, for the account for the access token you're using, you should use the /2/users/get_current_account endpoint instead of /2/users/get_account.
That doesn't take any parameters, and instead just returns the account information based on the access token used for the call.
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