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mafurag's avatar
mafurag
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Getting Unknown API function: /2/files/get_metadata

Hello there, I am currently testing Dropbox API.

 

This endpoint is giving me errors:

 

https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_metadata

 

Its returning the following error:

Error in call to API function "files/get_metadata": Unknown API function: /2/files/get_metadata

 

Error code 400:  Bad Request.

 

  • Thanks for reporting this issue. This issue is now fixed and should be working properly. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

  • jacobras's avatar
    jacobras
    Helpful | Level 5
    I am suddenly seeing this in the production version of my app. What's going on?!
    • ecube's avatar
      ecube
      New member | Level 2

      We're seeing this in our production application too. We haven't performed a deployment or made any changes. This is crippling our business critical application.

      • ecube's avatar
        ecube
        New member | Level 2

        I'm tentatively going to say this has been resolved... our application has begun working again and there are no more errors in the logs.

  • DreamEd's avatar
    DreamEd
    New member | Level 2

    Dropsync was failing from 6am UTC this morning, seems to be fixed now. This post saved me emailing the devs thankfully!

  • mafurag's avatar
    mafurag
    Helpful | Level 5

    The endpoint is working, but I'm occasionally still getting the error. Especially in a situation where the endpoint is accessed multiple times.

     

    Is there some throttling on this endpoint?

    • jacobras's avatar
      jacobras
      Helpful | Level 5
      mafurag that's probably not all servers being updated yet, and load balancing sometimes connecting you to one running older software 🙂 Let's give it some time.
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    Thanks for reporting this issue. This issue is now fixed and should be working properly. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

    • mafurag's avatar
      mafurag
      Helpful | Level 5

      Tested, all good now. Thank you for quickly resolving this issue.

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