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knoppys
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4 years ago

Dropbox Upload API - Sending special characters in file path

Hi All   Im trying to send a file to DB using the upload API using the JS SDK. The upload IS WORKING, however, when the file is folder "Salt and Pepper" is created, its replacing the & symbol that ...
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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

knoppys As Здравко mentioned, you're missing a leading slash in the path you're showing here, so this call would fail anyway, and would not upload anything.

 

If you are successfully uploading something, e.g., with a different version of this code, though, can you clarify where/how you're seeing the unexpected "&"?

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