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Response headers
when i use dropbox api for uploading file. the http header contain chinese, for example:
"Dropbox-API-Arg:{\"path\": \"/Test/中文.doc\",\"mode\": \"add\",\"autorename\": true,\"mute\": false,\"stric...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThe value sent in the header should be all ASCII, with JSON-style “\uXXXX” escape codes for the character 0x7F and all non-ASCII characters. The last sample you shared is correct, except for that period.
The path format itself is the same as elsewhere in the API. That is, non-root paths should start with "/" and also use "/" as the path component delimiter.
If something still isn't working as expected, please share some code that reproduces the issue so we can investigate.
i add the header by the winapi WinHttpAddRequestHeaders.
and then,if the header as follows:
Dropbox-API-Arg:{\"path\": \"/Test/中文\",\"mode\": \"add\",\"autorename\": true,\"mute\": false,\"strict_conflict\": false}
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Authorization: Bearer < token >
my ide is vs2017, i put these string in the array . and i use the function MultiByteToWideChar() encode the header to LPCWSTR. it will response error message.
in other words, if the path contain Chinese characters, it will response errror message.
- Greg-DB
Can you share the actual complete code that reproduces this issue? It's hard to say what the problem might be from this description.
I do see that you're also escaping each " with a \. That may or may not be necessary, depending on the context in which you're doing this. I can't say without more information, but you may want to try removing those.
Also, in practice in recommend having a library build the JSON for you anyway, instead of manually constructing it.
when I create a okhttp request in andorid , I create json from gson。I request https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload
and submit param json like {"autorename":true,"mode":"add","mute":false,"path":"/\\u6d4b\\u8bd5.pdf","strict_conflict":false} . the Chinese char is encode Unicode . But I got a response below
upload result : {"error_summary": "path/malformed_path/", "error": {".tag": "path", "reason": {".tag": "malformed_path"}, "upload_session_id": "AAAAAAAAALgh7xt-gXMBJQ"}}
and I don't know what reason , please help me.
here is request code:
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
.build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/octet-stream");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, uploadfile);
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload")
.method("POST", body)
.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
//"{\"path\": \"/w.pdf\",\"mode\": \"add\",\"autorename\": true,\"mute\": false,\"strict_conflict\": false}"
.addHeader("Dropbox-API-Arg", requestJson)
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
.build();request json
{"autorename":true,"mode":"add","mute":false,"path":"/\\u6d4b\\u8bd5.pdf","strict_conflict":false}
when I request to upload file which named only contains English char ,it success. when it contains Chinese char ,it failed
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