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Madhavi T.'s avatar
Madhavi T.
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago

Dropbox API v2

I am trying out Dropbox API V2 using HTMl,JavaScript by making API calls with XMLHTTPRequest. To upload a file onto Dropbox the API requires a 'data-binary' property to be set with the path of the fi...
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Madhavi T.'s avatar
Madhavi T.
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago

Thanks for the useful information Greg. ☺

 

I tried out the way you suggested and it seems that if I write a string (any sentence) in the value of the variable 'content' and pass it to the request keeping the path as a text file, it indeed creates a text file with the contents in it. However, I would like to pass the contents of an PDF file/image file to the request. When I try to get a file thorugh HTML input and pass it to the request, it simply creates a 0 bytes file in Dropbox with no content in it, and says the file can not be previewed. I believe this is happening because PDF files contains binary data and I am unable to do a binary-string conversion using JavaScript.

 

Could you please let me know if this is something you can help with. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. 

  • Madhavi T.'s avatar
    Madhavi T.
    Explorer | Level 4
    9 years ago

    Awesome...Thanks a ton Greg!!!  I just tried it and it seems to be working for me... ☺

     

    This is a great forum. I have found a good platform in case I am stuck on anything!!!

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