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Paper Document API

1 post · Mar 2021

What this trail covers

Dropbox Paper files are now represented as .paper documents in the filesystem, enabling listing, moving, and exporting. New endpoints allow for creating, updating (including appending and prepending), and exporting Paper documents in various formats (Markdown, HTML, plain text). The update endpoint supports versioning to prevent conflicts with live edits.

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  1. New Paper Endpoints Released in PreviewIntroduced new API endpoints: `/files/paper/create` for creating Paper documents, `/files/paper/update` for overwriting or appending content with different update policies (overwrite, append, prepend, update with revision check), and updated `/files/export` to support new Paper export formats and metadata. Demonstrated usage with curl examples and explained the `paper_revision` concept for conflict resolution during updates.