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Ranjodh S.
11 years agoNew member | Level 1
Error 4xx while downloading a file through API which has second word's intials H for eg. (DX Haley)
We are using Dropbox API with Oauth 2.0 to download a file, Its giving us the Error 4xx page. The name of the file is 'DX Haley'. It happens only when the second word in the file name start with let...
Steve M.
Dropbox Staff
11 years agoI can't reproduce this error. Here's what happens when I try it:
$ http get "https://api.dropbox.com/1/metadata/auto/Test test.txt" 'Authorization:Bearer <REDACTED>'
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
...
{"read_only": false, "revision": 47485, "bytes": 4, "thumb_exists": false, "rev": "b97d10f8d89e", "modified": "Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:43:00 +0000", "mime_type": "text/plain", "size": "4 bytes", "path": "/Test test.txt", "is_dir": false, "modifier": null, "root": "dropbox", "client_mtime": "Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:43:00 +0000", "icon": "page_white_text"}
$ http get "https://api.dropbox.com/1/metadata/auto/Test hest.txt" 'Authorization:Bearer <REDACTED>'
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
...
{"read_only": false, "revision": 47486, "bytes": 4, "thumb_exists": false, "rev": "b97e10f8d89e", "modified": "Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:43:03 +0000", "mime_type": "text/plain", "size": "4 bytes", "path": "/Test hest.txt", "is_dir": false, "modifier": null, "root": "dropbox", "client_mtime": "Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:43:03 +0000", "icon": "page_white_text"}
Could you share some more information?
- What programming language are you using?
- Are you using an OAuth or Dropbox library? If so, which one?
- What does
GetProperties.getDropBoxMedURI()return? - What's the exact value of
fileName(both in the successful and unsuccessful calls)? - What is the code for
OAuthBearerClientRequest, including itsbuildQueryMessagemethod? (Perhaps that's from a library?)
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