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Cynthia B.2
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

500 internal Server Error https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder/continue

I've using the following endpoint  to retrieve files and folders: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder this returns 2000 entries and then get hasmore = true and the cursor. I then user th...
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jackolicious's avatar
jackolicious
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

If it helps, I was able to rectify the problem by:

  1. iterating manually over all folders (instead of the recursive list)
  2. finding the folder (or folders in my case) that would cause a 500 error
  3. delete the folder(s) (send to dropbox trash)
  4. once the complete iterative test is able to be run, restore all folders from dropbox trash
  5. tada! the recursive list_folder works again.

:thinking:

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volkeru
Explorer | Level 3
9 years ago
As I stated earlier in this thread it's not necessary to delete files or folders. It's sufficient to rename the folder that is affected by the problem to a different name and rename it back to it's initial name.

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