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File id not found for update
I am testing some endpoints in the Dropbox API Explorer. Using the endpoint
/get_metadata
I get an id for a file like
id: -x-m_bOc0rAAAAAAAAAA-A
Now I want to use the endpoint
/update
T...
:laughing::grinning: Hi AmandaCifuentes,
Use the id as is! If you remove leading part, Dropbox tries find a file with "-x-m_bOc0rAAAAAAAAAA-A"-like name, missing actually. :wink:
Hope this cast extra light.
ADD: Oh, Even more "get_metadata" is file operation and the id there is file id, but "update" is file request operation and the id there is file request id, not a file id! Be more careful - there are different id types.
Thank you for your quick answer. The problem is if I use
id: -x-m_bOc0rAAAAAAAAAA-A
it will tell me the following error:
request body: id: 'id: -x-m_bOc0rAAAAAAAAAA_w' did not match pattern '[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+'
Yes, because the id expected is file request id, not file id! As I noted above, they are different. :wink:
Give an answer to yourself: What you are doing on? Files or Requests? And use corresponding API type, finally. Don't mix them!
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Здравко is correct; you're mixing "files" and "file requests" functionality. The "files" endpoints are for interacting with files, whereas the "file_requests" endpoints are for interacting with "file requests", which are a way for users to receive files from other people.
If you want to update an existing file, that is, to upload a new version of a file, e.g., by specifying the file ID of the existing file, you can use /2/files/upload.
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