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Error: property_groups: expected list, got string
I am trying to add property groups to a file with
https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload
and I am getting an error "HTTP header "Dropbox-API-Arg": property_groups: expected list, got stri...
toki4004 wrote:..., and now I want to view a folder list with items + see their properties. I get this error:
- "Error in call to API function "files/list_folder": request body: include_property_groups.filter_some: expected list, got string".
- Here is my code below. What format is expecting for "include_property_group"?
...
Even when you have one property group it should be a list with one entry, not just a single string, as you have passed. If you take a look on 'filter_some', you will see that expected type is list, not something else (list of ids, not just one id itself - even when it's alone). Wrap your id' string with array.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community Moderatortoki4004 The "property_groups: expected object, got list" error is referring to the items in the property_groups list; the items are supposed to be objects of type PropertyGroup, but you're instead supplying a list via `array("cat", "dog")`.
It should look more like this:
$meta = array(
array("template_id" => "ptid:TEMPLATEID", "fields" => array(array("name" => "FIELDNAME", "value" => "FIELDVALUE")))
);You'd need to replace the CAPITALIZED values with your actual values of course.
I created a template in my app and got a response with a template id. I can also make a call in my app "get_for_user" and view the schema for the new template. BUT when I go to your API explorer, I get nothing back
templates/list_for_user:
"template_ids": []
Also, get_for_user:
{
"error_summary": "restricted_content/..",
"error": {
".tag": "restricted_content"
}
}Why am I able to get_for_user via my app but not the explorer?
Also, can you please explain: does the add_template needs to be called only once and then it's stored? If yes, until you delete it?
toki4004 wrote:I created a template in my app and got a response with a template id. I can also make a call in my app "get_for_user" and view the schema for the new template. BUT when I go to your API explorer, I get nothing back ...
Yes, of course toki4004. Every template is valid for application-user pair (neither for user alone nor application itself). You had created your template in one application (your application) and tried access it in another one (API explorer). 😉
Hope this clarifies matter.
- Greg-DB
toki4004 Здравко is correct; the template is specific to the app-user pair, so you can't list or use the templates from one app when calling with a different app.
And yes, you only need to create the template once per app-user, after which it's recorded on the Dropbox servers so you can use it for that app-user without creating it every time.
I've been struggling getting my properties to show. I created a template fine, assigned a property to an item, and now I want to view a folder list with items + see their properties. I get this error:
- "Error in call to API function "files/list_folder": request body: include_property_groups.filter_some: expected list, got string".
- Here is my code below. What format is expecting for "include_property_group"?
$meta = array( ".tag" => "filter_some", "filter_some" => "ptid:-ynhqttM3GkAAAAAAAAeOg" ); $fields = array( "path" => "/folder 2", "include_property_groups" => $meta, "recursive" => false, "include_media_info" => false, "include_deleted" => false, "include_has_explicit_shared_members" => false, "include_mounted_folders" => false ); $headers = array( 'Authorization: Bearer ' . $auth_token, 'Content-Type: application/json' ); $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode( $fields ) ); curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true ); curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST" ); curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers ); curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder' );
toki4004 wrote:..., and now I want to view a folder list with items + see their properties. I get this error:
- "Error in call to API function "files/list_folder": request body: include_property_groups.filter_some: expected list, got string".
- Here is my code below. What format is expecting for "include_property_group"?
...
Even when you have one property group it should be a list with one entry, not just a single string, as you have passed. If you take a look on 'filter_some', you will see that expected type is list, not something else (list of ids, not just one id itself - even when it's alone). Wrap your id' string with array.
OMG it worked. I am so happy! Thanks a lot!
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