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Lino1
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8 years ago

dropbox.api and DropboxClient

I have these few lines of code in my ASP.net app to get files from DropBox. And I get no error but it DOES NOT WORK?  nothing happens.  This code is in an Async function an it does get invoked corr...
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Greg-DB
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8 years ago
I don't see anything obviously wrong. Please step through this code with a debugger and figure out which exact line doesn’t work as expected and share the details.
  • Lino1's avatar
    Lino1
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 years ago

    Thank you for your response Greg.

    This is the line that fails: 

     

     Dim response As IDownloadResponse(Of FileMetadata) = Await myDbClient.Files.DownloadAsync("/" + folder + "/" + fileName)

     

    I have a Try Catch in my code and error is:  "An error occurred when send the request."

    This error message is too general.  I checked all my folders, names, etc.  All looks good.  

    any help would be appreciated.  Is there any way of getting more details about this error.  Can I get some trace log or something?

    Thanks again.

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      8 years ago
      If the Dropbox API call is failing, you should get a more specific error from the API. It sounds like you're only retrieving a generic error message though. Please inspect the exception, e.g., using the debugger, to get more information.

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