Dropbox API

Sharing a folder

Sharing a folder with every error case handled using the SwiftyDropbox library

This uses the SwiftyDropbox library to share a folder, handling every error case:

Dropbox.authorizedClient!.sharing.shareFolder(path: "/folder_path").response { response, error in
    if let result = response {
        print("response: \(result)")
    } else if let callError = error {
        switch callError as CallError {
        case .BadInputError(let message, let requestId):
            print("BadInputError[\(requestId)]: \(message)")
        case .HTTPError(let code, let message, let requestId):
            print("HTTPError[\(requestId)]: \(code): \(message)")
        case .InternalServerError(let code, let message, let requestId):
            print("InternalServerError[\(requestId)]: \(code): \(message)")
        case .OSError(let err):
            print("OSError: \(err)")
        case .RateLimitError:
            print("RateLimitError")
        case .RouteError(let boxed, let requestId):
            print("RouteError[\(requestId)]:")
            switch boxed.unboxed as Sharing.ShareFolderError {
            case .BadPath(let sharePathError):
                print("BadPath: \(sharePathError)")
                switch sharePathError as Sharing.SharePathError {
                case .AlreadyShared:
                    print("AlreadyShared")
                case .ContainsSharedFolder:
                    print("ContainsSharedFolder")
                case .InsideAppFolder:
                    print("InsideAppFolder")
                case .InsideSharedFolder:
                    print("InsideSharedFolder")
                case .InvalidPath:
                    print("InvalidPath")
                case .IsAppFolder:
                    print("IsAppFolder")
                case .IsFile:
                    print("IsFile")
                case .Other:
                    print("Other")
                }
            case .EmailUnverified:
                print("EmailUnverified")
            case .TeamPolicyDisallowsMemberPolicy:
                print("TeamPolicyDisallowsMemberPolicy")
            case .Other:
                print("Other")
            }
        }
    }
}

Sharing a folder using curl

    curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/share_folder \
        --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
        --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
        --data "{\"path\": \"/folder_path\",\"member_policy\": \"team\",\"acl_update_policy\": \"editors\",\"shared_link_policy\": \"members\",\"force_async\": false}"

<ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with the OAuth 2 access token.

Inviting a member to a shared folder using curl

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/add_folder_member \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"shared_folder_id\": \"<SHARED_FOLDER_ID\",\"members\": [{\"member\": {\".tag\": \"email\",\"email\": \"<EMAIL_ADDRESS_TO_INVITE>\"},\"access_level\": {\".tag\": \"editor\"}}],\"quiet\": false,\"custom_message\": \"Code examples\"}"

<ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with the OAuth 2 access token.

<SHARED_FOLDER_ID> should be replaced with the shared folder ID, e.g., as returned by /2/sharing/share_folder or /2/sharing/list_folders.

<EMAIL_ADDRESS_TO_INVITE> should be replaced with the email address of the user to invite. Also, members is an array and can contain multiple users.

Inviting a member to a shared folder with every error case handled using the SwiftyDropbox library

let toInvite = [Sharing.AddMember(member: Sharing.MemberSelector.Email("<EMAIL_ADDRESS_TO_INVITE>"))]

Dropbox.authorizedClient!.sharing.addFolderMember(sharedFolderId: "<SHARED_FOLDER_ID>", members: toInvite).response { response, error in

    if (response != nil) {
        print("Invited member.")
    } else if let callError = error {
        switch callError as CallError {
        case .BadInputError(let message, let requestId):
            print("BadInputError[\(requestId)]: \(message)")
        case .HTTPError(let code, let message, let requestId):
            print("HTTPError[\(requestId)]: \(code): \(message)")
        case .InternalServerError(let code, let message, let requestId):
            print("InternalServerError[\(requestId)]: \(code): \(message)")
        case .OSError(let err):
            print("OSError: \(err)")
        case .RateLimitError:
            print("RateLimitError")
        case .RouteError(let boxed, let requestId):
            print("RouteError[\(requestId)]:")
            switch boxed.unboxed as Sharing.AddFolderMemberError {
            case .AccessError(let sharedFolderAccessError):
                    print("AccessError")
                    switch sharedFolderAccessError {
                    case .EmailUnverified:
                        print("EmailUnverified")
                    case .InvalidId:
                        print("InvalidId")
                    case .NoPermission:
                        print("NoPermission")
                    case .NotAMember:
                        print("NotAMember")
                    case .TeamFolder:
                        print("TeamFolder")
                    case .Unmounted:
                        print("Unmounted")
                    case .Other:
                        print("Other")
                }
            case .BadMember(let addMemberSelectorError):
                switch addMemberSelectorError {
                case .GroupDeleted:
                    print("GroupDeleted")
                case .GroupNotOnTeam:
                    print("GroupNotOnTeam")
                case .InvalidDropboxId(let invalidDropboxId):
                    print("InvalidDropboxId: \(invalidDropboxId)")
                case .InvalidEmail(let invalidEmail):
                    print("InvalidEmail: \(invalidEmail)")
                case .UnverifiedDropboxId(let unverifiedDropboxId):
                    print("UnverifiedDropboxId: \(unverifiedDropboxId)")
                case .Other:
                    print("Other")
                }
            case .CantShareOutsideTeam:
                print("CantShareOutsideTeam")
            case .EmailUnverified:
                print("EmailUnverified")
            case .InsufficientPlan:
                print("InsufficientPlan")
            case .NoPermission:
                print("NoPermission")
            case .RateLimit:
                print("RateLimit")
            case .TooManyMembers(let limit):
                print("TooManyMembers: \(limit)")
            case .TooManyPendingInvites(let limit):
                print("TooManyPendingInvites: \(limit)")
            case .Other:
                print("Other")
            }
        }
    }

}

<SHARED_FOLDER_ID> should be replaced with the shared folder ID, e.g., as returned by sharing.shareFolder or sharing.listFolders.

<EMAIL_ADDRESS_TO_INVITE> should be replaced with the email address of the user to invite. Also, members is an array and can contain multiple users.

Sharing a folder via HttpWebRequest in PowerShell

$url = "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/share_folder"

$req = [System.Net.HttpWebRequest]::Create($url)
$req.headers["Authorization"] = "Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
$req.Method = "POST"
$req.ContentType = "application/json"
$enc = [system.Text.Encoding]::UTF8
$params = @{path="/new shared folder path"} | ConvertTo-Json -compress
$params = $enc.GetBytes($params)
$req.GetRequestStream().Write($params, 0, $params.Length)

$res = $req.GetResponse()
Write-Host "Response Status Code: "$res.StatusCode
Write-Host "Response Status Description: "$res.StatusDescription
$readStream = new-object System.IO.StreamReader $res.GetResponseStream()
$result = $readStream.ReadToEnd() | ConvertFrom-Json
Write-Host $result
$readStream.Close()
$res.Close()

<ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with your access token.

Inviting a member to a shared folder via jQuery in JavaScript

$.ajax({
    url: 'https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/add_folder_member',
    type: 'POST',
    processData: false,
    data: JSON.stringify({"shared_folder_id": "84528192421","members": [{"member": {".tag": "email","email": "justin@example.com"},"access_level": {".tag": "editor"}},{"member": {".tag": "dropbox_id","dropbox_id": "dbid:AAEufNrMPSPe0dMQijRP0N_aZtBJRm26W4Q"},"access_level": {".tag": "viewer"}}],"quiet": false,"custom_message": "Documentation for launch day"}),
    contentType: 'application/json',
    headers: {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
    },
    success: function(data) {
        console.log(data);
    },
    error: function(data) {
        console.error(data);
    }
})

<ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with the OAuth 2 access token.


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