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DeathApocalypse
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Error in call to API function "files/delete_v2": request body: could not decode input as JSON

hi, i'm trying to delete a file inside an app folder using HTTP POST request in UNITY, i'm having no problem to delete file through the Dropbox API explorer, but in UNITY receiving an error: "Erro...
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chirstius
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8 years ago

hey DeathApocalypse,

 

Are you possibly including the data as an HTTP header? The JSON payload needs to be the actual body/data content of the POST request, not included in the headers.

 

-Chuck

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    DeathApocalypse
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 years ago

    fixed it, now it works. thanks for the quick response!

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