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HTTP API "Your app is not currently allowed to use API v2"

Erik H.18

I am just trying to get the HTTP API to work in any way at all. These are the steps I followed:

1. Created an app. My app is listed under https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps when I'm logged in.

2. Used Dropbox's "generate access token" button from the app settings page.

3. Went to API explorer - https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/#files_list_folder

4. Pasted my access token into the form. Set path to "/". Clicked "submit call" button.

I receive the following error:

Error: 400

Error in call to API function <SPAN class="hljs-string">"files/list_folder"</SPAN>: Your app is not currently allowed to use API v<SPAN class="hljs-number">2</SPAN>.

In fact, every API call I try and whatever parameters I use give the same error message.

What can I do to fix this problem? Or put more generally, what do I need to do to use the HTTP API? Following the instructions given by Dropbox does not seem to work.

-Erik

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Greg-DB

[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35675997/dropbox-http-api-always-returns-not-currently-allowed-to-use-api-v2 ]

Your app must be registered for the file type permission, which unfortunately isn't supported by API v2.

You can register a new app with a different permission level here:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps/create

Erik H.18

Yes, that must have been the problem. I recreated the app without using the "file type" permission and now the API explorer works. Thanks for taking the time to give me a solution!

I think the error message returned from the API should be improved, since its meaning doesn't match the cause of the problem. Or a warning added to the app creation page that use of the "file type" permission isn't compatible with v2 of API. My user experience has been essentially "can't create hello world app without help."