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kaistullich
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Upload PDF files/proper encoding

I have a simple Python Flask application that allows users to upload PDF files to a Dropbox account. I am able to successfully upload the file to Dropbox, as well as go directly go to dropbox.com and...
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Psome
New member | Level 2
7 years ago
Any update on this situation. I am having a similar problem. Unfortunately, in my senecio i can not controll the source of the PDF. Is there a way to not get a corroupted off out of the api the the same file is fine out of the web UI?
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Greg-DB
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7 years ago

Psome When downloading a file from the Dropbox API, it will just return whatever raw data was uploaded. 

Since in your case the file is displaying in the Dropbox web UI, it sounds like the issue you're seeing may be slightly different than the original issue in this thread. I'll follow up with you privately to see if we can help troubleshoot this.

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