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Empty path error from /sharing/list_shared_links
I am trying to use list_shared_links in the way described in the documentation: "If no path is given or the path is empty, returns a list of all shared links for the current user." (https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-list_shared_links)
However when I give an empty path, I receive a 400 error: "Error in call to API function "sharing/list_shared_links": request body: path: '' did not match pattern '((/|id:).*)|(rev:[0-9a-f]{9,})'"
And when I give no path I receive a 500 error with no response data.
If I provide a path then it works as expected.
The deprecated endpoint "get_shared_links" works as expected with empty path, but lacks essential information that list_shared_links returns.
Is this a known issue/anybody else seeing this?
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for the report! I can reproduce the unexpected error when supplying an empty path, which we'll look into, but I can't reproduce the 500 when not supplying a path. Can you share your code and output? The response headers would be useful in particular. Thanks in advance!
I just send an empty JSON object {} or send {"direct_only": true}. Here are the response headers:
Server: nginxDate: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:46:43 GMTContent-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8Transfer-Encoding: chunkedConnection: keep-aliveAccess-Control-Allow-Origin: *Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Accept-Ranges, Content-Range, ETag, Dropbox-API-ResultX-Dropbox-Request-Id: a9b5ab8a94939b5f00d02e1778070916RawSo you are able to obtain a list of all shared links using this endpoint? If so, can you provide details?- Greg-DB
Thanks! That's helpful. We'll look into that error.
For reference, yes, both of these versions work for me:
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/list_shared_links \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/list_shared_links \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "{}"The error you're seeing may be account-specific though, so we're looking into it specifically.
Thanks for the reply. I should mention that I am using a Dropbox Business account with the "Dropbox-API-Select-User" header.
- Greg-DB
Thanks! That also works for me, so it is likely an account-specific issue. We'll follow up here once we have an update for you.
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