Specify paths with shared_folder_id

[mkirzon]

I'm trying to build an R script that will be run by various people but all collaborating on the same folder. So I set up a shared dropbox folder. However, we know that users can rename and move their pointers at the shared folder within their space (even though it preserves the linkage).

For this reason, when users execute my package, the relative path isn't guaranteed. I found that the shared_folder_id attribute is indeed consistent for all users. I'd like to be able to run drop_ commands using that id.

While I recognize that not all dropbox api commands may support that, it looks like the get_folder_metadata function does. Is there a way to query by the shared folder id? See their docs here

I'd like to be able to run something like:

drop_get_metadata("shared_folder_id:123123")

[mkirzon]

Here's a stab at using the appropriate dropbox api

#' Get shared folder info
#'
#' Returns folder metadata by its shared folder ID
#'
#' @inheritParams drop_download_folder
#' @param shared_folder_id Dropbox shared folder id
#'
#' @return possibly-nested list of all available metadata for specified shared_folder_id
#' @author Mark Kirzon, \email{[email protected]}

drop_get_folder_metadata <- function(shared_folder_id, dtoken = rdrop2::drop_auth())
{
  url <- "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/get_folder_metadata"

  req <- httr::POST(
    url    = url,
    config = httr::config(token = dtoken),
    body   = list(shared_folder_id = shared_folder_id),
    encode = "json")
  httr::stop_for_status(req)
  httr::content(req)
}