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Umair-afzal
8 years agoHelpful | Level 5
"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',
...
Umair-afzal
8 years agoHelpful | Level 5
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Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
8 years agoThat is the raw data for the thumbnail itself. Exactly what you do with that is up to you. For example, you may wish to save that somewhere, or display it to the user, etc.
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