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files_list_folder encoding issue
I've tried to use the sample code provided in other discussions to no avail.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import dropbox
dbx = dropbox.Dropbox("***TOKEN*GOES*HERE***")
myDir = dbx.files_list_folder("")
for item in myDir.entries:
if isinstance(item, dropbox.files.FileMetadata):
name = item.name
fileID = item.id
fileHash = item.content_hash
print(name, fileID, fileHash)
but I get:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "dropbox_test.py", line 51, in <module>
myDir = dbx.files_list_folder("")
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/dropbox/base.py", line 2118, in files_list_folder
r = self.request(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/dropbox/dropbox.py", line 311, in request
res = self.request_json_string_with_retry(host,
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/dropbox/dropbox.py", line 461, in request_json_string_with_retry
return self.request_json_string(host,
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/dropbox/dropbox.py", line 557, in request_json_string
r = self._session.post(url,
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 581, in post
return self.request('POST', url, data=data, json=json, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 533, in request
resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 646, in send
r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 439, in send
resp = conn.urlopen(
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 665, in urlopen
httplib_response = self._make_request(
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 387, in _make_request
conn.request(method, url, **httplib_request_kw)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 1240, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 1281, in _send_request
self.putheader(hdr, value)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 1213, in putheader
values[i] = one_value.encode('latin-1')
UnicodeEncodeError: 'latin-1' codec can't encode character '\u2014' in position 46: ordinal not in range(256)
I deleted everything in my dropbox account thinking maybe it was a bad folder name/encoding, but still getting this.
I saw another issue related to this, from a while back, but I don't think they are related, unless this is a new issue. (https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python/issues/71)
Using:
Python 3.8.2
dropbox 10.2.0
This code looks correct, and doesn't fail for me when I plug in my own access token.
Looking at the stack trace, it appears to be failing when making the request, specifically when writing a particular header. The only header here that would be varying though is the Authorization header with your access token. Also, the character it's failing on seems to be the unicode character for an em dash. So, it sounds like your access token string has unicode in it, when it should only contain ASCII. (Perhaps you opened or saved it in a text editor that automatically performed some conversion?)
To fix this, replace any non-ASCII characters in your access token with the correct ASCII character, such as the ASCII dash "-", or just get a new access token and use it as is.
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
This code looks correct, and doesn't fail for me when I plug in my own access token.
Looking at the stack trace, it appears to be failing when making the request, specifically when writing a particular header. The only header here that would be varying though is the Authorization header with your access token. Also, the character it's failing on seems to be the unicode character for an em dash. So, it sounds like your access token string has unicode in it, when it should only contain ASCII. (Perhaps you opened or saved it in a text editor that automatically performed some conversion?)
To fix this, replace any non-ASCII characters in your access token with the correct ASCII character, such as the ASCII dash "-", or just get a new access token and use it as is.
That was the problem... My token had a em dash in it... Thank you!!!
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