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ckienquoc
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5 years ago
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Cannot Download File by using API

I've tried to download a file using Dropbox API & PHP with the following code:        $out_fp = fopen($local_tmp_file_path, 'w+'); $headers = array( 'Authorization: Bear...
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    Greg-DB
    5 years ago

    Thanks, that's helpful. I see your client is passing up 'Content-Length: -1', which is incorrect. Mine is not doing that, so it may depend on what version of curl/PHP you're using.

     

    Try explicitly specifying a header of: 'Content-Length: 0'.

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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

Thanks, that's helpful. I see your client is passing up 'Content-Length: -1', which is incorrect. Mine is not doing that, so it may depend on what version of curl/PHP you're using.

 

Try explicitly specifying a header of: 'Content-Length: 0'.

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ckienquoc
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5 years ago

Awesome! thank you so much ❤️

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