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dghatch
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4 years ago
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Download a file via API using PHP and cURL

Hi, I am trying to download a file from my dropbox app, I have tried the cURL code in postman it works with no issues:   https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#file...
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    dghatch
    4 years ago

    I have now solved the issue, it turns out that the server (runing with DirectAdmin) was using an old version of curl (7.24.0) and when this was updated to 7.84.0 the problems was fixed.

     

    Thanks again for all your help.

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dghatch
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Thanks Greg-DB and kylea 

 

I think I have done it right this time (response headers this time):

 

 

    HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
    Content-Length: 14468
    Content-Type: text/html
    Vary: Accept-Encoding
    X-Dropbox-Response-Origin: local
    Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:11:48 GMT
    Server: envoy
    Connection: close

string(14672) "HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request Content-Length: 14468 Content-Type: text/html Vary: Accept-Encoding X-Dropbox-Response-Origin: local Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:11:48 GMT Server: envoy Connection: close

 

 

I'm starting to think it's something else, not code.   I have tried adding a random token and I get the same error.

 

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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

dghatch Thanks! It does seem like the request is getting malformed somehow. Have you inspected the exact values you're sending to https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download? Make sure there's no extraneous data, in both the $token and $in_filepath values, as that could mangle the request, resulting in the generic error response.

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    dghatch
    Helpful | Level 6
    4 years ago

    Thanks for the help.

     

    I have run the php file locally (XAMP) and it runs with no issues at all, so something on the server seems to be causing the issue, so I am now investigating this and I will update when/if I have more information.

     

     

    • dghatch's avatar
      dghatch
      Helpful | Level 6
      4 years ago

      I have now solved the issue, it turns out that the server (runing with DirectAdmin) was using an old version of curl (7.24.0) and when this was updated to 7.84.0 the problems was fixed.

       

      Thanks again for all your help.

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