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luofeiyu
7 years agoNew member | Level 2
Could not resolve host: content.dropboxapi.com when to upload file at shutdown
I want to upload file into my dropbox when my pc is shutdowning.
sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/upload.service [Unit] Description=upload files into dropbox Before=network.target shutdown.target reboot.target Requires=network-online.target [Service] ExecStop=/bin/true ExecStart=/bin/bash /home/upload.sh StandardOutput=journal StandardError=journal [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.targetAnd the upload.sh script.
cd /home curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload \ --header "Authorization: Bearer xxxx" \ --header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\":\"/test.txt\",\"mode\":{\".tag\":\"overwrite\"}}" \ --header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \ --data-binary @"test.txt"`bash upload.sh` can executed successfully,and file uploaded into my dropbox.
sudo systemctl enable upload serviceTo reboot my pc.
sudo journalctl -u upload Apr 13 23:58:52 localhost systemd[1]: Started upload files into dropbox. Apr 13 23:58:52 localhost systemd[1]: Starting upload files into dropbox... Apr 13 23:58:52 localhost bash[117]: % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Apr 13 23:58:52 localhost bash[117]: Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed Apr 13 23:58:52 localhost bash[117]: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0curl: (6) Could not resolve host: content.dropboxapi.com; Un Apr 13 23:58:52 localhost systemd[1]: upload.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED Apr 13 23:58:52 localhost systemd[1]: Unit upload.service entered failed state. Apr 13 23:58:52 localhost systemd[1]: upload.service failed.How to solve the issue when to upload file into dropbox at shutdown?
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Based on the error message you posted, this is failing because your machine was unable to look up the 'content.dropboxapi.com' host. That's the correct hostname, and it is resolving correctly for me.
That being the case it appears to be an issue with your DNS server, which is out of our control. Please check on your DNS server to see why it is not returning a result for content.dropboxapi.com.
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