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Zapier - 409 error path/not found
Hello everyone!
I'm trying to get the meta data for a file so I can access the "shared_folder_id" and then add a member (or group if possible) to that folder. It's on a team folder.
I'm using Zapier as I want this to be automated upon a trigger.
The issue I get is during a Post request to get_metadata, the path cannot be found (error 409)
I first find a folder, which returns correctly.
Then I run a custom request (http) for:
{
"include_deleted": false,
"include_has_explicit_shared_members": false,
"include_media_info": false,
"path": "<path from the previous find folder path in zap>" }
I've also verified this folder path does exist (I can see it, and it's all spelt correctly). This leads me to believe it's a access or permission error, but I'm not confident.
Headers:
Authorization Bearer <my actual token id>
Content-Type application/json
Dropbox-API-Select-Admin. dbmid:<my actual token id for myself as an admin user>
The folder I'm accessing has myself listed as access, and I'm also included in a group that has access.
I've selected all permissions on my app to write/edit everything, generated a new auth token after saving, and I still have issues.
Any help is much appreciated. I'm happy to provide any additional information as well.
Thanks in advance!
It looks like you meant to call /2/files/get_metadata, but based on the error message in the response body you actually called /2/sharing/get_folder_metadata (which takes different parameters, and so the call failed). Make sure you've configured that to call /2/files/get_metadata if that's what you intended.
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There isn't a response body for the API call, that's the thing. There is no "Data out" tab in Zapier, it just shows the Zapier error for "argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable"
Here is what the logs look like:
And the Dropbox API documentation says:
I wish I still had the code for this, but now I remember this is where I stopped.
So I was getting a successful return (code 200), and the person was added, but it wasn't consistent because some folders only had a shared_id and some only had a parent_shared_id. I didn't understand the difference, or how to determine which folder is which, so I had to give up on it. It looks like some of our sub folders are one type, and others are another.
I believe the issue comes down to shared_id vs. parent_shared_id. Sorry I wasn't able to help after all. I hop you find a solution an would love to know what it is!
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