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akagupta1
Explorer | Level 3
6 years ago

Getting error using dropbox apis with "Dropbox-Api-Path-Root" header

Hi

I am getting following error while calling dropbox v2 APIs with "Dropbox-Api-Path-Root " header {“.tag”: “namespace_id”, “namespace_id”: “2132332"}

"Failed to execute 'setRequestHeader' on 'XMLHttpRequest': Value is not a valid ByteString."

Earlier it was working fine. Is there any recent change done due to which it is broken or do i have to specify this header in some other way?

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    That's not an error message from Dropbox itself. It looks like it's coming from whatever HTTPS client you're using.

    It seems to be indicating that you're attempting to use a value not allowed in HTTP headers. Looking at the string you provided, it's probably because you're using the non-ASCII characters “ and ”. Try using just " instead.

    • akagupta1's avatar
      akagupta1
      Explorer | Level 3

      Thanks Greg. Yes exactly its due to ”. Its working now.

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