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MOUHROUH
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7 years ago

How to download file with windev?

i tested this code but it not work sToken est une chaîne UNICODE = "my token" sUrl est une chaîne UNICODE = "https://api-content.dropbox.com:443/2/files/download" sAgent est une chaîne UNICODE = "...
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Greg-DB
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7 years ago

MOUHROUH I see that you're trying to use the /2/files/download endpoint to download a file from a Dropbox link. The /2/files/download endpoint is only for downloading files directly from a connected account, not from a link. (The actual error you got when trying to use it is indicating that you submitted data in the HTTP request body, where none was expected.)

Anyway, based on the output, it looks like you have a link of the form 'https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/1/view/...'. That's an old type of direct link. If you have an active link of that type, you can download from it directly using an HTTPS client, without using the Dropbox API. I.e., issue a GET request to it and if successful, the response body will be the file content.

  • MOUHROUH's avatar
    MOUHROUH
    Explorer | Level 3
    7 years ago

    How can i do with direct link?

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      Greg-DB
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      7 years ago

      If you have a direct link to a file, you can download from it directly using a normal HTTPS request. For instance, using curl, saving the data to a local file, that would look like:

      curl URL_HERE -o local_file

      Exactly how you do that will depend on what HTTPS client you're using, which isn't specific to the Dropbox API, so I can't offer insight on that.

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