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API delete by id:# via CURL
In one script in my FileMaker database solution, I upload a file to a constructed path, then save the unique id:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx number for that record, to tie the record to the file in the DropBox directory.
In another script, I wanted to delete the file by id:xxxxxxxxxxxxx and not by path. If I understand pathString(pattern="(/(.|[\r\n])*)|(ns:[0-9]+(/.*)?)|(id:.*)") correctly, I should be able to do this, no?
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/delete_v2 \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <get access token>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "{\"path\":\"$idDBX"}"
//where $idDBX is the stored value of id:xxxxxxxxxxxxx
The result I get returned is "Error in call to API function "files/delete:2": Unexpected HTTP headers: "Dropbox-Api-Arg""
Wookiee, The question of mine was rhetoric! I hoped it'll direct you. Ok... can you see the difference of your 2 posts and figure out alone what's different and wrong or...?
PS: Everywhere some path can be used, the equivalent id can be used too. Even more a hybrid form may be used too: id of a folder followed by a relative path. In all cases that's NOT the issue (I assume the id is correct).
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I just took the code section from the dev API example... here are the args that is getting sent by FileMaker using it's "Insert from URL" script step:
-X POST --header "Content-Type: application/json" --header "Authorization: Bearer <redacted>" --header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\":\"id:m5ktIrz8BXoAAAAbAAAASg\"}" --dump-headerWookiee, The question of mine was rhetoric! I hoped it'll direct you. Ok... can you see the difference of your 2 posts and figure out alone what's different and wrong or...?
PS: Everywhere some path can be used, the equivalent id can be used too. Even more a hybrid form may be used too: id of a folder followed by a relative path. In all cases that's NOT the issue (I assume the id is correct).
Not quite there yet, but you have me on the right path, I think...
iNeilDropbox Community Moderator
Hello Wookiee,
The error "Unexpected HTTP headers: 'Dropbox-Api-Arg'" indicates that the HTTP request you sent includes a header that the server is not expecting or does not recognize, as mentioned by Здравко. For example, --header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\":\"id:m5ktIrz8BXoAAAAbAAAASg\"}".
Please note that the /2/files/upload and /2/files/delete_v2 endpoints have different formats when including parameters. The /2/files/upload endpoint uses the header "Dropbox-API-Arg," while the /2/files/delete_v2 endpoint uses the request body data. Below is an example of how to implement the /2/files/delete_v2 endpoint using the request body data via cURL.curl -X POST \ --header "Authorization: Bearer " \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"path\":\"id:m5ktIrz8BXoAAAAbAAAASg\"}" \ https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/delete_v2Thank you both! The following worked perfectly in FileMaker to delete the file. Putting this here for anyone who might need it.
"-X POST" & ¶ & " --header \"Content-Type: application/json\"" & ¶ & " --header \"Authorization: Bearer " & $authToken & "\"" & ¶ & " --data \"" & $dropboxArgJSON & "\"" & ¶ & "--dump-header $responseHeaders"
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