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ms97
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3 years ago

Error (415) from Python files_upload API

Hello, I am trying to write a python script to automatically store an excel file in dropbox.  My excel file is created from turning dataframes into excel sheets.  This file has 5 sheets with a diffe...
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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

Can you show where/how you're getting the 415 error? For instance, is that happening on the Dropbox web site? It may be helpful if you can share a screenshot of it. If it's on the web site, be sure to show the URL for context.

 

Also, if the files_upload method doesn't raise an error, it should return a value containing the metadata of the uploaded file, so it may be helpful context if you can print out and share that too.

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