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Getting Conflict 409 after successful attempts to access pwd-protected shared link
Hi, I'm using get_shared_link_metadata API with the same shared link and the correct "link_password" parameter and after multiple successful requests I start getting 409 Conflict response status and ...
Hi Greg,
was able to reproduce the issue after ~200 requests:
url: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mfjqvbwrqefjzc1/audience_deviceids.csv?dl=0
pwd: kayzen
Request:
URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata
Headers:
- Authorization: REDACTED
- Content-Type: application/json
- Host: api.dropboxapi.com:443
Body:
{"url":"https://www.dropbox.com/s/mfjqvbwrqefjzc1/audience_deviceids.csv?dl=0","link_password":"kayzen"}
Response
Status: 409 Conflict
Headers:
- X-Dropbox-Request-Id: 6a3e6a164d954226b18ccfd9ec2f4341
Body: {"error_summary": "shared_link_access_denied/..", "error": {".tag": "shared_link_access_denied"}}
While preparing this info i tried to confirm the URL in Chrome browser and when i entered the password i saw "Too many attempts" error below the Password field.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThanks! That's helpful. We'll check on that.
- Greg-DB
Thanks for your patience while the team looks into this. It sounds like what you're running in to is a per-link limit, so the team suggests
increasing the time between requests and/or adding a backoff.
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