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saritafurtado
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

insufficient_permissions error in paper doc api

Hi,   I am retreiving a list of docs using docs/list api. Then Im using the doc id to download and get folder info with docs/download and docs/get_folder_info apis respectively. All the doc ids f...
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Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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8 years ago
Can you share the code and output for these calls so we can look into it? (Just make sure to redact your access token of course.) If you'd prefer to share privately, you can do so here: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/contact Thanks in advance!
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saritafurtado
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Please find below apis

 

------------------------- Doc list api -------------------------------

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/paper/docs/list \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'

Response
{
  "doc_ids": [
    "fxbhYXaJ5wxyCeV2L39Ja",
    "r8zJPDpkgjabrHVGYgTjX",
    "GRi9LK2cRsWaliZKx1v0Z",
    "sw1OEbgdSwotOEyzHp6Su",
    "iSveJlpz5YLCMgSsiXXIw",
    "VD8IN6mL544zImoDgFSzq",
    "CrHcbZu2mBZZ1CTLQvPlC",
    "f3iZK1HysnBhJpRWgssMI",
    "rmvs7XWXwugR8H0Hz10rZ",
    "abDU3F4134OqCdEDi808e",
    "ODRcDwu5MF3ihzYkZLIxG",
    "cMTTtjYSLSukyH0eyrXBo",
    "hipH6jsblaRFkjlYwbF6u"
  ],
  "cursor": {
    "value": "ABUCTjUnw1F++PWiP8wa1X426ZG/m0rJAnz0C6Y01u93hFsjAsIg63UQL2O7sddVUEjy2l2XA8jqfjVqCdJkYySmJ3wkIorsEavdT/RB8Mas6QvWp8HE7ELDLe57XuxgIjM+5oJzLW1q43fqOIpezjeJx0iu9pDIz+LhA6LPJxt05dX7+wsteWQAPwTMq9svhcAhCTLKhoCZksvI/ofJ+LRIDzkhp6LKNbYNE8UnRPnyE8fCQjAMsm2O8VajjjaSTeld/z9SOuEvB+N0s7VtGMat8q+BLFN9/baUDnuuL6tpTDAXX+O8IapG95DBR/3M+JHMyxByxZ0J7kuZJ5nJaog6",
    "expiration": "2018-07-31T04:32:55Z"
  },
  "has_more": false
}

------------------------- Doc download api -------------------------------

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/paper/docs/download \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' \
  --header 'Dropbox-API-Arg: {"doc_id":"fxbhYXaJ5wxyCeV2L39Ja","export_format":{".tag":"markdown"}}'

Response:

{
  "error_summary": "insufficient_permissions/.",
  "error": {
    ".tag": "insufficient_permissions"
  }
}

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    8 years ago
    Thanks! We're looking into it.
    • saritafurtado's avatar
      saritafurtado
      Explorer | Level 3
      8 years ago
      Any update on the issue?
      • Greg-DB's avatar
        Greg-DB
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        8 years ago
        I don't have an update on this yet. I'll follow up here once I do.
  • schemacs's avatar
    schemacs
    New member | Level 2
    7 years ago

    I have the same issue, even after I reset the oauth keys.

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

      Thanks for the notes! This is still open with engineering. I'll follow up here once I have an update.

      • Shanness's avatar
        Shanness
        New member | Level 2
        6 years ago

        I'm having the same problem too.  Is there an update for this?

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