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amitsinha's avatar
amitsinha
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago
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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=[]");

 

4 Replies

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    [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": []}"

     

     

      • vijaysingh109's avatar
        vijaysingh109
        Explorer | 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?