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Anton P
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
CORS error on any endpoint
After successful authorization and getting the token I try to test it by fetching basic '/user' endpoint and I always get CORS error. Chrome Browser. 1) with preflish request: 2) Without ...
- 4 years ago
OK, I figured that out. Silly mistake. Appears that 'api.dropboxapi.com/2/check/user'
is a POST method while I was sending a GET request. The mistake would be avoided if the documentation stated that it's a POST message instead of just specifying that in a curl example which I haven't looked at.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
4 years agoCan you share the full error output for reference?
Looking at the screenshots though, I do see two things that should be corrected:
- You should use POST instead of GET.
- The /2/check/user endpoint is an RPC-style endpoint, so you should supply the API parameter ("query", in this case) in JSON in the request body, not as a URL parameter
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
4 years agoIt looks like our messages just crossed. I'm glad to hear you already sorted this out, and thanks for the feedback!
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