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Sharing - how to share a folder with edit access when don't know my friend's dropbox user id?
I have an App built on the Dropbox API (https://songdocs.io).
I want to send a link to a folder to a friend, and I know I can get a shared link (which gives anyone with it view permissions) and...
The 'sharing_info' is only set on a folder if the folder is itself shared as a shared folder (or is inside a shared folder). Note that this is different than the kind of sharing offered by /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings. Calling /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings for a folder will not make it a "shared folder"; it only creates a "shared link" for it.
To first share the folder as a shared folder, so that it will receive 'sharing_info' with a 'shared_folder_id' that you can then use with /2/sharing/add_folder_member, you should first call /2/sharing/share_folder.
Hey Greg-DB - I've changed our app back to the full dropbox permission for now, but I have a couple more challenges trying to implement the approach we outlined before.
I'll start with this one since it would give two users a shared-editable folder:
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThe 'sharing_info' is only set on a folder if the folder is itself shared as a shared folder (or is inside a shared folder). Note that this is different than the kind of sharing offered by /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings. Calling /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings for a folder will not make it a "shared folder"; it only creates a "shared link" for it.
To first share the folder as a shared folder, so that it will receive 'sharing_info' with a 'shared_folder_id' that you can then use with /2/sharing/add_folder_member, you should first call /2/sharing/share_folder.
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