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"Dropbox-API-Arg": could not decode input as JSON
Error in call to API function "files/get_thumbnail": HTTP header "Dropbox-API-Arg": could not decode input as JSON
here is code
var folder_flag = 0;
axios({
method: 'POST',
...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community Moderator[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51614378/error-in-call-to-api-function-files-get-thumbnail-http-header-dropbox-api-ar ]
This error is indicating that the value you're sending in the "Dropbox-API-Arg" header isn't valid JSON. In your code, you're setting "Dropbox-API-Arg" to "response.data.entries[i].id", which isn't JSON. It's just a string with the ID for a file.
You can see an example of what this is supposed to be in the documentation for /2/files/get_thumbnail. You probably mean to do something like this:
'Dropbox-API-Arg': JSON.stringify({"path": response.data.entries[i].id})- I got this response
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JSONM stringify? .What the heck is that?. You cannot use that value in all languajes, please correct JSON decoding
- Greg-DB
tridejur JSON.stringify is a method specific to JavaScript. This thread is about proper client-side handling of this API call in JavaScript, so this code is only relevant to JavaScript. Plese refer to the documentation for whatever language you're using for information on how to parse/write JSON.
There wasn't an issue with the server-side JSON decoding discovered in this thread. If you believe you've encountered an issue with the the server-side JSON decoding, please report the details in a new thread.
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