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amitsinha
9 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Error in call to API function "sharing/list_folders"
Hi,
below is my code to get a list of folders, but when I run this code it throws an error. Please see this error.
Error in call to API function "sharing/list_folders": request body: could not decode input as JSON
Please help.
// My Code $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/list_folders"); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array( 'Content-Type: application/json', 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN' )); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "limit=100&actions=[]");
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45937861/error-in-call-to-api-function-sharing-list-folders ]
This error message indicates that the request body, which is supposed to contain the API call parameters as JSON, could not be successfully read by the Dropbox API as JSON.
That error looks correct in this case, as you're supplying form URL encoded parameters instead of JSON. The JSON would instead look like:
"{"limit": 100,"actions": []}"
4 Replies
- Greg-DB9 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45937861/error-in-call-to-api-function-sharing-list-folders ]
This error message indicates that the request body, which is supposed to contain the API call parameters as JSON, could not be successfully read by the Dropbox API as JSON.
That error looks correct in this case, as you're supplying form URL encoded parameters instead of JSON. The JSON would instead look like:
"{"limit": 100,"actions": []}" - amitsinha9 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Thanks a lot. It's working now.
- vijaysingh1097 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Hi,
The solution link is not working, can you please help to understand what was the fix?
I am facing the same issue?
- Greg-DB7 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
vijaysingh109 The original StackOverflow question has been deleted, but the question and my answer here still apply.
If something isn't working for you, please feel free to open a new thread with the relevant code and the error/output you're getting so we can take a look.
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