Error 409 with download_zip on shared link subfolders

gcx

I am receiving HTTP error 409 when using https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download_zip.

I am using the folderIDs gathered from files_list_folder, based on a shared link.

The below is how I am forming my POST (in Python):

def download_zip(folder_id):
    url     = 'https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download_zip'

    headers = {
        'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + token,
        'Dropbox-API-Arg': "{" + '''"path"''' + ":"  + '''"''' + folder_id   + '''"''' + "}"
    }

    res = requests.post(url, headers=headers)
    print(res)

A sample of a given header: 

{'Authorization': 'Bearer <MyKey>', 'Dropbox-API-Arg': '{"path":"id:DH1fqZncI8AAAAAAAAPgQA"}'}

Any help on how I can get the zip download to work on shared links would be appreciated. Thank you!

 

Greg-DB

First, for reference, whenever you get an error from the Dropbox API, be sure to print out the response body as it may contain a more useful error message.

Anyway, unfortunately, the Dropbox API does not currently support getting a zip download of a subfolder based on the id of the subfolder returned from listing the shared link like this (unless the connected account happens to contain the folder anyway). I'll pass this along as a feature request, but I can't promise if or when that might be implemented. 

Note that you can download the top-level folder as a zip from the shared link as documented here, but that doesn't provide a mechanism for downloading a specific subfolder.