list_folder issues

Question

Hey guys, bare with me... I'm new to this.

so I'm trying to use the list_folder function. when I test my code I get an error of "Error in call to API function "files/list_folder": request body: could not decode input as JSON"

can you point in the right direction so I can understand and learn what I'm doing wrong...

thanks for the help!

$.ajax({
 url: 'https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder',
 type: 'POST',
 processData: false,
 contentType: 'application/json',
 path: "/MIG/Projects/Hippo content Watermark/4K",
 headers: {
 "Authorization": "Bearer <REMOVED_FOR_THIS_POST>",
 },
 success: function (data) {
 console.log(data);
 },
  error: function (error) {
 console.log(error);
 }
 })

Greg-DB · Accepted Answer

The /2/files/list_folder endpoint is an RPC-style endpoint, meaning it expects the API call parameters as JSON in the request body. In the code you shared, it looks like you're trying to pass the "path" parameter as a parameter to the "ajax" method itself.

Instead, you probably want to do something like this:

$.ajax({
     url: 'https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder',
     type: 'POST',
     processData: false,
     contentType: 'application/json',
     data: JSON.stringify({"path": "/MIG/Projects/Hippo content Watermark/4K"}),
     headers: {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>",
     },
     success: function (data) {
        console.log(data);
     },
      error: function (error) {
        console.log(error);
     }
 })