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Delete Folder Using PowerShell
I can't figure out how to delete a file in my Dropbox using Powershell. I can upload fine using this : $arg = '{ "path": "' + $TargetFilePath + '", "mode": "add", "autorename": true, "mute": fals...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorCan you print the response body as mentioned/linked in my last post? You'll want to retrieve the error message from it to debug things like this.
I just tried adding the code from each answer in that post but I get no output from PowerShell at all.
First one I tried:
$TargetFilePath = "/20181008"
$DropBoxAccessToken = "<access-token>"
$arg = '{ "path": "' + $TargetFilePath + '" }'
$authorization = "Bearer " + $DropBoxAccessToken
$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$headers.Add("Authorization", $authorization)
$headers.Add("Dropbox-API-Arg", $arg)
$headers.Add("Content-Type", 'application/json')
$resp = try { Invoke-RestMethod -Method Delete -Uri https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/delete_v2 -Headers $headers } catch { $_.Exception.Response }Second:
$TargetFilePath = "/20181008"
$DropBoxAccessToken = "<access-token>"
$arg = '{ "path": "' + $TargetFilePath + '" }'
$authorization = "Bearer " + $DropBoxAccessToken
$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$headers.Add("Authorization", $authorization)
$headers.Add("Dropbox-API-Arg", $arg)
$headers.Add("Content-Type", 'application/json')
try {
$result = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Delete -Uri https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/delete_v2 -Headers $headers
}
catch {
$result = $_.Exception.Response.GetResponseStream()
$reader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($result)
$reader.BaseStream.Position = 0
$reader.DiscardBufferedData()
$responseBody = $reader.ReadToEnd();
}I must be formatting this wrong?
- Greg-DB
I believe your second version is closer, as it actually reads the body. (The first one doesn't appear to.)
In both though, you're not actually printing out the result or saving it anyway. E.g., something like:
Write-Output $responseBody
I get output now, thanks.
Your request's HTTP request method is "DELETE", which is not supported by the Dropbox API v2.
- Greg-DB
That output indicates that the issue is that you're using the "DELETE" method, which isn't allowed. The API expect the "POST" method.
That's presumably due to the "-Method Delete" in your code; for POST you would likely need to set "-Method Post".
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