You can use this report to identify files that require re-sharing once the migration is complete.

As part of our migration from Dropbox to Google Drive, T&I may have provided you with a link sharing report to help you manage your file sharing after the migration is complete. For more information, visit the project support page. All files and folders from Davidson-owned personal and departmental Dropbox folders have now been migrated to Google Drive.

Now that you’ve created file requests, you want to also see their status.Google Drive replaced Dropbox as Davidson’s primary cloud storage and file sharing solution on December 13, 2021. You can use a cron job or a scheduled event service. Take a look at the documentation for dropbox.file_requests.FileRequest to find out what other properties are available to print.įinally, you’ll want a way to run your script whenever it’s needed. The code also prints the request ID, which you will use to retrieve requested files in the next step. You can include the URL in an automated email message, or a call to the Slack API (or other chat app). You’ll want to fully automate your file requests so you can send them monthly, weekly, or any cadence you need. The code above prints out the request URL, which you can copy and paste to any destination. Since you’ll be creating many of these, it’s a good idea to create a folder to hold all of your file requests. It’s relative to your Dropbox account or folder, and should start with a slash.

See our OAuth guide for more information on how to get an access token and build OAuth into your app.Īssuming your access token can use your entire Dropbox account, the destination can be any path, even if the folders don’t exist.

You’ll want to include your access token, and change the title and destination.

What is a dropbox file request