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Itay D.'s avatar
Itay D.
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10 years ago

Update your Dropbox Python Core SDK

Hi!   We have recently received a message indicating that the old version of the Python SDK we're using (1.6) is going to be deprecated on Aug 1, 2016.    Had a couple of quick questions abou...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

1. Yes, your API calls will fail once the Dropbox certificates are changed to ones not covered by the certificate file included in your copy of the SDK

2. We recommend upgrading the SDK entirely, and we'll be happy to help with any issues you have while doing so. Looking at the CHANGELOG.md file, I don't see any breaking changes between 1.6 and 2.x, so it should just be a matter of dropping in the new library.

That said, one alternative to upgrading the SDK entirely is to instead just replace the dropbox/trusted-certs.crt file in your copy with the one from the new versions of the SDK. 

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