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Dan R.23's avatar
Dan R.23
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

permanently delete file java api v2

How do you use permanentlyDelete in java api v2?  

thanks

  • Hi Dan, the permanentlyDelete method you mentioned is the right method for permanently deleting files. Have you tried using it and run in to any issues? If so, please share the error you're getting if you're still having trouble.

    Note that per the documentation though, it's only available to Dropbox for Business apps. You can register a "team member file access" Dropbox Business app here:

    https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps/create

    Using that would look like:

     DbxClientV2 client = new DbxTeamClientV2(config, ACCESS_TOKEN).asMember(teamMemberId);

    client.files().permanentlyDelete(filePath);
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    Hi Dan, the permanentlyDelete method you mentioned is the right method for permanently deleting files. Have you tried using it and run in to any issues? If so, please share the error you're getting if you're still having trouble.

    Note that per the documentation though, it's only available to Dropbox for Business apps. You can register a "team member file access" Dropbox Business app here:

    https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps/create

    Using that would look like:

     DbxClientV2 client = new DbxTeamClientV2(config, ACCESS_TOKEN).asMember(teamMemberId);

    client.files().permanentlyDelete(filePath);
  • Dan R.23's avatar
    Dan R.23
    New member | Level 1

    Thanks for response Gregory.  Yeah I am a team of one, so I have no need for Dropbox for business where I have to pay for  a minimum of 5 team members.  Seems a little silly that I'm attempting to build an app that could potentially bring customers to dropbox and yet I have to develop with an api that has had important methods hacked out of it in order for to push me into paying more.... anyway that has nothing to do with you.

    But I do have a followup question.  Do you have a list of all the methods that are only available to Business accounts?  i need to know what other important things are going to be missing from the api.

    I have already put a lot of time into the app I'm working on and want to know if its even worth my time to continue with dropbox or switch immediately to another provider.

    Thanks again.

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    Thanks for the feedback! That's the only user method that is restricted to Business apps. I'll send this along as a feature request to make this available to non-Business apps though.

    • andycass's avatar
      andycass
      Explorer | Level 3

      I too also creating an android app and require the delete method, I am a single developer so don't need the business membership can you make the permanentlyDelete(String path) method available to sole developers please ?

      • Greg-DB's avatar
        Greg-DB
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        Thanks for the feedback! I can't make any promises, but I've added your vote to the feature request.

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