A Dropbox team can contain multiple members, and each member may have many of their own files and folders, as well as access to other files and folders, such as via shared folders or team folders. That can add up to a lot of content, and sometimes, it‘s useful to be able to programmatically list all of those items across all of the members of the team, such as for organizational or auditing purposes. The Dropbox API does offer the ability to list the contents of any particular folder, and there are multiple ways an app could go about finding and listing all of the contents across all team me ..read more

Dropbox is updating the team space functionality to improve the scalability and privacy of the team space model. Accordingly we?re introducing some new features and behaviors to the Dropbox API to make sure that apps can properly support team spaces. If your app interacts with team-owned content, read on for information on how to handle these updates in your app?s code. We?re rolling out the new team features to new and existing teams over the next few months. Customer teams will get an email notification ahead of their scheduled update date. If necessary, please update your app to support t ..read more

If you?re using or want to use the official Dropbox Swift SDK or Dropbox Objective-C SDK, read on for information on a major SDK update we?ve released in beta. We've released a beta version of a significant update to the official Dropbox Swift SDK: SwiftyDropbox 10.0.0-beta.3 This new version has several significant improvements and features requested by the community, including: support for background sessions compatibility for Objective-C code bases native networking without an external dependency You can find more information in the beta release notes and README file. Please tr ..read more

The Dropbox API now returns short-lived access tokens, and optionally returns refresh tokens. This post will cover how and when to retrieve and use refresh tokens. We suggest checking out the OAuth Guide for background first, if you haven’t already. We recommend using one of the official Dropbox SDKs whenever possible, as they’ll handle most of the work of using the OAuth app authorization flow for you. If you’re using one of the official Dropbox SDKs, refer to its documentation for information on how to use it to process the authorization flow. Otherwise, read on for information on how to ..read more

Dropbox - 5xx Error (5xx)Something went wrong. Don't worry, your files are still safe and the Dropboxers have been notified. Check out our Help center and forums for help, or head back to home ..read more

Dropbox - 5xx Error (5xx)Something went wrong. Don't worry, your files are still safe and the Dropboxers have been notified. Check out our Help center and forums for help, or head back to home ..read more

Integromat is a powerful integration platform to connect apps and automate workflows in just a few clicks. Featuring 600+ apps and 6,000+ endpoints, Integromat is redefining work automation so everyone can get back to what matters the most.  We asked Jessica Herauf, Head of App Partnerships at Integromat, to write a guest post on our developer blog, and share how to accelerate digital paperwork workflows involving digital signature tools, CRMs, and Dropbox.  What is Integromat? Integromat is the app integration platform that allows anyone to create powerful integrations and autom ..read more

In September 2019, we began to represent Dropbox Paper files as .paper documents in the filesystem. This enabled listing, moving, and exporting paper docs with /files endpoints. Today, we’ve added new endpoints for Paper—now you can create, update, and even append to paper documents in the filesystem! Paper docs can be added using Markdown, HTML, or plain text. New and Updated APIs The following APIs have been added or modified: /files/paper/create - Use this new endpoint to create new Paper docs /files/paper/update - Use this new endpoint to overwrite or append Paper docs /files/exp ..read more

Dropbox has more than 500,000 teams using Dropbox Business collaboration capabilities. The rich Dropbox API allows business customers to manage their content and their team programmatically. Although Dropbox Business has a web-based management console, some Dropbox team administration tasks, such as onboarding/off-boarding users, are carried out more efficiently through the API. For example, when you need to remove a number of members from the team, running a script is much faster than manually removing each one. Certain administrative tasks are carried out by combining multiple API requests ..read more

You overhear a conversation between engineers and hear them mention “pixy”. No, they’re not discussing fairies. They’re referring to a new, more secure OAuth flow called PKCE, or Proof Key for Code Exchange. And while no magic is involved in this process, PKCE does provide some great security benefits for your apps, especially if your app runs on a public client. PKCE provides dynamic client secrets, meaning your app’s client secrets can stay secret (even without a back end for your app). PKCE is better and more secure than the implicit flow (AKA the “token flow”). If you’re using the implic ..read more