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RandomDoorUser1872
5 years agoNew member | Level 2
Fail to get a file via curl
Soooo.... this has been driving me nuts for the past day or two. I am sure I am missing something obvious, but I have no other paths forward. So here goes. I have created an app with access to an APP FOLDER. I uploaded a few test files to the folder via GUI. I can list the folder contents via curl using the token I created. When I try to get a file, using the file id from the list_folder endpoint, I get a not found error. Code bellow. Please help!!!
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"path\": \"\"}"
...Returns JSON with /App/FOLDER content...
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/file_requests/get \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"id\":\"<ID>\"}"
Returns:
{"error_summary": "not_found/...", "error": {".tag": "not_found"}}
????
Thank you!
The /2/file_requests/get endpoint is for retrieving the information about a 'file request', not a file itself. (A "file request" is a way to receive files from other people.)
To get the data for a particular file, you should instead call /2/files/download.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
The /2/file_requests/get endpoint is for retrieving the information about a 'file request', not a file itself. (A "file request" is a way to receive files from other people.)
To get the data for a particular file, you should instead call /2/files/download.
- RandomDoorUser1872New member | Level 2
I hate life. Thank you!
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