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Mark L.45
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2 years ago
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Getting a list of files using HTTP API in shell with Curl

I run this and get empty response, despite having created a /Homework/math curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \ --header "Authorization: Basic <token>" \ --header ...
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Mark L.45's avatar
Mark L.45
Collaborator | Level 9
2 years ago

I just replied, but ... so I will again...your right you need Bearer Authentication, not Basic Authentication for this to work.

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