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Save files to dropbox using the save file function

Electrify2015

Hi,

Today i saw this feature that allow a user to just click a button to save the file to the dropbox account. So i was thinking in taking advantage of this feature by creating a page were i just type the direct location on a input field and after pressing the button the file gets transfered.

I have tried diferent techniques after reading the developers documentation but without any luck. there is a problem with file location or it doesn't work.

Any comments or help this

Thanks

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Electrify2015

I notice that your share button below my post is similar what i'm trying to achieve but in this case the location is custom for each file i want to transfer to my dropbox account.

Greg-DB

It sounds like you'd be interested in using the Dropbox Saver. You can find the full documentation and instructions for using that here:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/saver

If that's not working for you, I'll be happy to help, but I'll need some more information. In that case, please reply with:

- the full text of the error/any output
- the relevant code snippet(s)

Electrify2015

Hi, have tried diferent ways to build it without any luck. All i want is a simple html form that when i click on it the file gets saved in the logged in dropbox account.

I'm getting this error:
{"error": "Invalid origin"}

Do you have a full path to send a get or post request and save the file.

Thanks

Greg-DB

Are you trying to run the Saver from a file:// URL by any chance? That can result in that error.

When using the Chooser or Saver, you'll need to run it from a server, so that Dropbox can verify the domain. (That is, since you need to pre-register the domains you'll user your Chooser or Saver on via the App Console: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps )

Try running it from a server instead. (You can even use a localhost server while developing it.)

Electrify2015

I tried a localhost http server and didn't work either. I did add http://127.0.0.1 and localhost on the app section on the dropbox site.

I get the following error:

{"error": "Origin does not match any app domain"}

Greg-DB

The domain for the URL of the page you host the Saver needs to exactly match one of your pre-registered Chooser/Saver domains. (Make sure you don't register an "OAuth 2 redirect URI", as that's not for the Chooser/Saver.)

So, for example, register "localhost" and then access your page from http://localhost (plus whatever port and path you need).

Electrify2015

This was what i was trying to build but it doesn't work. I get the file value but when executing it! It open the the image.

<form>
<input type="text" id="file_id" value="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/deroi5nwm6u7gdf/advice.png"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Send!" onclick="send()">
</form>
<script>
send = function() {
var file_id = document.getElementById('file_id').value;
document.write('<a href="'+file_id+'" class="dropbox-saver">123</a>');
}
</script>

Greg-DB

I'm not sure I understand your question. It looks like you already have the Dropbox link at this point in the code though. If you need general HTML/JavaScript help, I'm afraid I can't be of use, as that wouldn't be about Dropbox itself. You may want to post on a general help forum, such as StackOverflow.

Electrify2015

OK, Thanks

huasa

Hi,I had tried use dropbox choose and saver successfully,but it happen some issue when I use saver to save file which file name or url have chinese characters ,I console the error and I get "Invalid host".Whether the saver could't save the file name or url with chinese characters?

Greg-DB

@huasa You should be able to use non-ASCII characters in the filename for the Saver, as long as you properly set the charset for the HTML or JavaScript file accordingly.

If the file URL's hostname contains non-ASCII characters though, convert it to punycode first and that should avoid the "Invalid host" error. If there are non-ASCII characters on the URL outside of the hostname, e.g., on the path, URL encode those first.

huasa

Thanks,I had solve it ,I encode url and it work.

Thank you very much!

sjmasikane

Can you share the feature that you talking about?

Greg-DB

@sjmasikane This thread was discussing the Dropbox Saver feature. You can find information about that here

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/saver