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Ted_W's avatar
Ted_W
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Got error message from Dropbox when Downloading the rar files

Got the following error message from Dropbox when Downloading the rar files:

 

{"error_summary": "path/restricted_content/.", "error": {".tag": "path", "path": {".tag": "restricted_content"}}}

5 Replies

  • Ted_W's avatar
    Ted_W
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 years ago

    Hi Greg,

     

    POST  "https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download"

    Dropbox-API-Arg:   {"path":"/virtualbox/ab.rar"}

     

     

    Response:

    Status: 409 path/restricted_content/

     

    Body:

    {
        "error_summary": "path/restricted_content/",
        "error": {
            ".tag": "path",
            "path": {
                ".tag": "restricted_content"
            }
        }
    }

  • Ted_W's avatar
    Ted_W
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 years ago

    I can not create a shared link to this file, ab.rar.

     

    This is an empty RAR file, created by WinRAR.

     

    Type `od -x ab.rar`

    Output:

    0000000 6152 2172 071a cf00 7390 0000 000d 0000
    0000020 0000 0000
    0000024

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    8 years ago

    I'm afraid I can't help with potentially incorrectly flagged files, so if you believe you have files that have been incorrectly flagged, please contact support.

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