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softwaremedicalshare
New member | Level 2
5 years ago
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JAVA API Shared Link Access Denied

Hi,   Have a JAVA application that uploads files to Dropbox, suddenly having a [Exception in 2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings: "access_denied" ] when trying to get the shared link. This...
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    softwaremedicalshare
    5 years ago

    I just finish a phone call with support. it was not issue with banning or permissions, it was a downloading "bandwidth" issue of the account (not a file) so I think dropbox api should  address in better way the problem issue.

     

    Thanks for your help!

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
5 years ago

Hi softwaremedicalshare,

Just for clarity: When I mentioned "and on token generation", the meaning was for queried permissions there, not eventual token break!

When you have created your application you have declared the possible scopes this application can have access to. Seems your declaration covers "sharing.write" permission needed by 2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings. On token generation you should select a subset of all scopes of your application (could be all available/selected for the application or less). If you have forgot some scope here, even selected for the application, it'll not be available for the application instances! That's why just "generate a new token" in such a case (if it is) wouldn't solve anything. If missing (something which I suspected), you should add it to the list of scopes in your application code (or configuration). That's it.

By the way, it's most likely Greg-DB's proposal be the real issue.

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