Full Dropbox: Your application will be able to take actions allowed by its scopes on all data within the user’s Dropbox account.This option is suitable for apps that export content or manage only their content. App Folder: Your application will be able to take actions allowed by its scopes on data within its app folder only (in the /apps folder).Content AccessĪs you create your Dropbox application, you will also be prompted to select the scope of file access. If you have an existing app on these types, don’t worry - this transition does not require code change. Team member management – Team information, plus the ability to add, edit, and delete team membersįor compatibility, these deprecated app types remain selectable - but over the coming months we will begin to transition these apps to equivalent scopes.Team member file access – Team information and auditing, plus the ability to perform any action as any team member.Team auditing – Team information, plus the team's detailed activity log.Team information – Information about the team and aggregate usage data.Business API apps would select from one of four permission types to determine the API calls they have access to: Prior to the introduction of scopes, Dropbox API apps would select only their level of content access (described below).

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