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deceptive site error
I have an app which connects to a dropbox account and sends notifications when certain changes are made. It had been working and connecting the given account. However, recently, this error comes up when it connects. Any idea why this is happening? Thank you
Error send file 150MB
Hi, I'm trying to upload a file over 150MB, and I'm using api v2 by the client.Files.UploadSessionStartAsync(body: stream) process, and I always get a message: Native library pre-loader is trying to load native SQLite library "C:\Users\xx\source\repos\ssxx\xxxx\bin\Debug\x64\SQLite.Interop.dll"... "xxxxxxxxxx" (CLR…
Functionality in API - Backup member data ( move to archive account) and Delete member.
Hi all, I am looking for a way to automate Member removal from organization , until now we have been manually deleting the members (while moving all the data to a differenet member as backup) , what would be the best way to automate it with Power automate or Logic apps ? Thanks
Problem downloading file from dropbox
Hi all , I can't get this to work: (part of a python class) def download_file(self, source_file): "Download a file from Dropbox" print('Start Dropbox download') with open(source_file, "wb") as f: metadata, res = self.dbx.files_download(path='F:/Profielmap/Downloads/DropboxToken.txt') f.write(res.content) I get error:…
Error downloading files using the dropbox library in python
Hi, I am trying to access the files in my shared folder (which I mount) using the python library. I keep getting the following error - dropbox.exceptions.BadInputError: BadInputError('xxxxxxxx', 'Error in call to API function "files/download": Must provide HTTP header "Dropbox-API-Arg" or URL parameter "arg".') I am sure…
Re: Preparing my App for long-lived tokens deprecation
Hi Greg Im using the long-live token for my simple Firmware-Updater app, but I have to switch the App from my development account to the company-account. The problem is that I can not get the long living access-token for the new App key anymore. My software (C#) uses simplest scenario: it connects with the dropbox-app and…
How to automate getting a new token using Java?
Now that DB uses "short-lived" tokens, I am having trouble "automating" token refresh within an application. Using the Java code examples, I can get the DB URL where I manually have to log into the DB site, get the new access code, and, again, manually, copy that back to the application (…
Distinguish between duplicating a file and renaming a file
How can i distinguish between rename and duplicate. Currently this is how i am trying to do: using (var dbx = new DropboxClient(RefreshToken, Appkey, Appsecret)) { try { var metadata = (await dbx.Files.GetMetadataAsync("/" + backupItem.Path)); if (metadata != null) { var remote = "/" + remoteUrl; var fromPath = "/" +…
Using refresh token without client secret
I am using the PKCE flow for my electron based desktop & web app app and am trying to migrate for the new short lived tokens everywhere flow. I am able to get a refresh token by providing token_access_type=offline Now I am wondering how I can request a new accessToken without exposing my APP_SECRET…
SwiftyDropbox SwiftUI iOS
Hey all, I've tried to add the SwiftyDropbox package into my SwiftUI iOS project and followed the GitHub readme: I updated the following files as recommended using my app key: - Info.plist - AppDelegate.swift I got stuck when implementing the Authentication Flow in my ContentView.swift: are there any simple example…
Renaming a file is creating a copy in dropbox .NET SDK
When i try to rename file i see in dropbox a copy being created rather than just a name change. This is how i am trying to achieve this: using (var dbx = new DropboxClient(RefreshToken,Appkey,Appsecret)) { var updated = await dbx.Files.UploadAsync( "/" + remoteUrl, mode:WriteMode.Overwrite.Instance, body: fileStream);…
token is gone after refresh
so i'm working on a website that uploads images to a folder and for the first day it works just fine nothing is wrong then the day after when i tried it again it says the access token is invalid so i regenerated it i tried again and it still says invalid so i regenerated it again and i refreshed the page and now the access…
Use of Existing API to Post files from a Linux Server to Shared Dropbox Folder
Hello, I'm brand new here and although I've done a little digging I have not yet found a method for me to post files originating directly on a Linux server to a shared folder though automation via an API. Ordinarily, I would have time to dig through the docs, but I'm up against a serious time crunch so I thought I'd ask…
Error 500 on /2/files/upload_session/append_v2
Hello! We are getting 500 errors when trying to upload files. [2022-03-14T11:15:18+03:00] ERROR '*****' upload have been ended with error, error1: 'Request url 'https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload_session/append_v2' method 'POST' failed, response code '500', error: ''' [2022-03-14T11:17:31+03:00] ERROR '*****'…
Embedding Dropbox on WP site
I want to embed dropbox on our community site. I see that there is now an embed component and in this article https://dropbox.tech/developers/now-available--dropbox-embedder there is an example of a WP site (University of Milan) that has done exactly what I would like. Does anyone have idiot-proof instructions about how to…
API Lookup Error
I have an app that is connected to my dropbox account with a webhook and sends an alert each time something is changed in certain folders. For some reason, I am getting the following error when I make changes to files in the account dropbox.exceptions.ApiError: ApiError('8fe4838db3874737b55c0d7e3935585e',…
Upload sqlite db file to my application folder only using android app not working
I have simple image based notes taking like app and i am storing all data and image in SQLite database. Now i need to implement sync functionality with drop box using java sdk, already downloaded project. But the file is not getting upload and can not read from it, getting error Error:…
Application connected to DropBox lost connexion
Hello all, I have a problem with an application (ISaveMoney) connected in my Dropbox account with Android smartphone. I can connect into DropBox through this application. I can see DropBox datas and create datas in DropBox through this application. This application is into "allow application" in my Dropbox account. But…
Shared File Link Issues
Hi, I'm writing to find out if anyone knows of any changes to the Drop Box service around 2/9, 2/10 that may have changed how file information is shared when using the Shared Link. For context, we have customers using our API that use Drop Box to share files with our print service but as of Wednesday this past week the…
Incorrect duration of some streamed audio files.
Hello, I have a problem with some audio files. To be able to read them correctly on an audio player (in my case on android) you have to be able to determine the duration. for some files the duration returned is not correct. With android mediaplayer 0 ms. I did the tests through a temporary link or a sharing link. When I…
Dropbox stopped returning Content length in the response headers.
Dropbox stopped returning Content length in the response headers. Any reason as to why? When I call this from C# code, I don't get the response.ContentLength(); https://www.dropbox.com/s/a3lhvatmf7f6ys3/appv1.ipa?dl=1
Functionality changes
Hi! I play some audio files from dropbox all was great but yesterday something went wrong. I use get_temporary_link to get link of the file. When I play .ogg file via temporary link in my player (on android) and seek to some position player starts to play from beginning. I suppose that there was some changes on Dropbox,…
How can I solve this error: Property 'refresh_token' does not exist on type 'object'?
Hello, I am trying to make a replica in Typescript of the Dropbox webhook (that converts md files to html) that was built in Python. I copy-pasted the authentication flow from this example and I had to change a few things along the way till I reached this error that I couldn't solve. Here is a screenshot: The documentation…
CORS requests involving OPTIONS preflight failing from Firefox and Safari
We recently got an issue report that Dropbox had stopped workin in our app (https://igv.org/app) from Firefox and Safari. The app is a genomics visualizer, we support loading genomics data from Dropbox. The files are huge and most requests include a "range" header. This triggers an OPTIONs request which is failing with a…
Getting error with .net/C# on login
Hi there, I'm using the Dropbox .net SDK version 6.24.0 for my winforms application. I use this method to get the URL for login DropboxOAuth2Helper.GetAuthorizeUri(OAuthResponseType.Token, "client ID", "redirect URI").ToString(); After entering the username, password and clicking Login, I get this message on top of the…
GroupSelector
Hi there, I have a fundamental misunderstanding of how to use 'GroupSelector'. Code: dbt = dropbox.DropboxTeam(TOKEN) members = dbt.team_groups_members_list(g.group_id) Error: ValidationError: expected type dropbox.team.GroupSelector or subtype, got string Ok fine, I need a GroupSelector type - but how do I actually…
Permananet Access Token
Why I'm using dropbox: So I wanted to make a windows maintenance bot that I could sell to my friends, but I didn't want to have to copy the files for each person. So I thought I would make an improvised install and update executable. My plan was to upload the bot files to a private dropbox account that the bot would have…
upload images files to dropbox account using andrea fabrizi script
I can't upload images files from my aspberry pi to my dropbox account using the andrea fabrizi script. Some mouths before, i had no problem to do it, why? Error message: it is recommended to run .dropbox_uploader.sh unlink. Why? I get the same message, when i run: ./dropbox_uploader.sh list.
Get last login information
We have been trying to get the last login information for all of our students by using the get_events endpoint and are not having success retrieving the information on the post back. Is there a specific value we need to send in the request body in order to retrieve this information? Our goal is to target specific users for…
Unable to connect Power BI Desktop with Dropbox
Hi, I have an excel spreadsheet in Dropbox that I would like to load in the Power BI Desktop. I am unable to connect Power BI Desktop with Dropbox. This is what I did- I created an app in Dropbox and then generated an app token that has access to all the folders in Dropbox. Then I used the Web Connector in the Power BI…

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