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Demerson H.
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
REST C# 401/403 Error. Problem Retrieving share link
Hi,
I am trying to use REST to retrieve a file sharing link but I am receiving either error 401 or 403. The error I receive varies according to the tests that I try to run lol.
I have the follow...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
10 years agoYou're using OAuth 1 with HMAC-SHA1 signing, which is prone to issues like this. We highly recommend using PLAINTEXT signing instead, as it's much easier to implement and debug:
https://blogs.dropbox.com/developers/2012/07/using-oauth-1-0-with-the-plaintext-signature-method/
Try that and let us know if that doesn't help.
(Or, you can use OAuth 2: https://blogs.dropbox.com/developers/2013/07/using-oauth-2-0-with-the-core-api/ )
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