Dropbox Java API Problem

Julian M.11

Hi,

 

i wanted to learn how to use the Dropbox API, so i followed the Tutorial and adapted it to my program. Now, when i want to use the .getAccountInfo() - method, i get an error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character(s) in message header value: Bearer <the access token>

I have no idea why this happens, the access token seems to be correct.

I hope someone here can help me.

 

Greg-DB

Unfortunately this will be hard to debug remotely, since you need to redact the access token itself, for the sake of security.

Where did you get the access token and how are you loading it though? Can you double check there aren't any stray characters on it? E.g., if you copied and pasted it from somewhere, make sure there aren't any invisible characters that got included. You could try copying it in to a plain text editor to make sure you only have plain text.

For reference, access tokens should look like this:

Zu9U1XOZl8QAAAAAAAMnj9WQmUPh1KcbbU4uh2ks-t_viUgiJG4OF1jBFH3KwF9p

(I've redacted this one to share as an example.)