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Fabito
7 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Download files from Dropbox using SDK Javascript
Hi, all
I'm trying download files from my Dropbox using SDK Javascript, but I can't. I'm calling this code from my button html, but nothing happen. Don't show error message or something. I readed about the "filesDownload" documentation and apparently is the same code for upload files (that I founded to upload files with SDK Javascript)
This is my code
function downloadFile() { var ACCESS_TOKEN = ""; // Here the access token key var dbx = new Dropbox({ accessToken: ACCESS_TOKEN }); dbx.filesDownload({ path: '/5. Productos de las LGAC/Estudiantes/Generación 2018-2020/Artículos/Ricardo-Derechos.pdf'}) .then(function(response){ var results = document.getElementById('results'); results.appendChild(document.createTextNode('File Downloaded!')); console.log(response); }) .catch(function (error) { console.error(error); }); return false; }
If somebody can help me to find out the problem, will be very appreciated
Regards
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
What version of the JavaScript SDK are you using? If you're using the latest version, you should get this error:
Uncaught TypeError: Dropbox is not a constructor
from this line:
var dbx = new Dropbox({ accessToken: ACCESS_TOKEN });
If you're not using the latest version, please do upgrade and switch to using this constructor:
var dbx = new Dropbox.Dropbox({ accessToken: ACCESS_TOKEN });
Let me know if that doesn't help.
- FabitoExplorer | Level 4
Hi again.
The version that I was using is 4.1.1. After your message I tried change it and use this:
<script src="https://unpkg.com/dropbox/dist/Dropbox-sdk.min.js"></script>
Also I wrote the code suggested
var dbx = new Dropbox.Dropbox({ accessToken: ACCESS_TOKEN });
But nothing happen. I push the button and only the page is refreshed. Thanks for the help
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
This code is working for me. Do you get any error or output in the console?
Can you provide a more complete sample page for this issue? It sounds like you may have the button hooked up to a different event, e.g., submitting a form, or something to that effect, causing the refresh.
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