Getting pattern mismatch error while sharing a folder using Dropbox API

Question

I am working on an Android app which uses Dropbox Core SDK v3.0.3. While trying to share a folder with another member, I am constantly getting an error. The code is creating a new shared folder in the specified name, but not adding any members.

This is my code:

List<AddMember> list = new ArrayList<AddMember>();
AddMember newMember = new AddMember(MemberSelector.email(clerkDbId), AccessLevel.EDITOR);
list.add(newMember);
ShareFolderLaunch sfl = dbxClient.sharing().shareFolder("/" + clerkName);
dbxClient.sharing().addFolderMember(sfl.getCompleteValue().toString(), list); //I am getting error here.

clerkName: Name of the shared folder

clerkDbId: Dropbox id to which I want to share the above folder

I tried changing the first line to:

ArrayList<AddMember> list = new ArrayList<>();

Still I am getting the same error. This is the error I am getting:

String 'sharedFolderId' does not match pattern java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: String 'sharedFolderId' does not match pattern at com.dropbox.core.v2.sharing.AddFolderMemberArg.(AddFolderMemberArg.java:50) at com.dropbox.core.v2.sharing.AddFolderMemberArg.(AddFolderMemberArg.java:86) at com.dropbox.core.v2.sharing.DbxUserSharingRequests.addFolderMember(DbxUserSharingRequests.java:154) at com.dbapp.ashworth.adminapp.FilesActivity$3$1.doInBackground(FilesActivity.java:126) at com.dbapp.ashworth.adminapp.FilesActivity$3$1.doInBackground(FilesActivity.java:115) at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:295) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

Can anyone please tell me what am I doing wrong here?

Answer 1

The error message is indicating that the sharedFolderId parameter value that you're passing to addFolderMember doesn't appear to be a valid shared folder ID.

You're passing in the entire SharedFolderMetadata (as a string). You should instead just get the shared folder ID like this:

sfl.getCompleteValue().getSharedFolderId();

By the way, when calling shareFolder, you're not guaranteed to get the completed information immediately. You should use ShareFolderLaunch.isComplete/ShareFolderLaunch.isAsyncJobId to check what you got back. There's more information in the shareFolder documentation