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sagar_lonkar
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

How to download paper , paper template , web shortcuts

  I am using https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download But i am getting response as, {     "error_summary": "unsupported_file/.",     "error": {         ".tag": "unsupported_file"...
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sagar_lonkar
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Export API is there but it has warning 

PREVIEW - may change or disappear without notice

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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

For items like that which can't be downloaded using /2/files/download, you should use /2/files/export instead.

 

I'll bring this up with the team to see if they're ready to remove the "preview" label for that endpoint.

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