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anjali_cloudlock
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
Download error coming in for malwares
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
A 'restricted_content' error from /2/files/download means:
restricted_content
Void The file cannot be transferred because the content is restricted. For example, sometimes there are legal restrictions due to copyright claims.If the file is marked restricted like this, you will not be able to use the Dropbox API to download it.
- anjali_cloudlockNew member | Level 2
Hi,
Is there any work around to Bypass this restriction or acknowledge and continue download, since this affects the key feature of our product.- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
No, unfortunately the API does not offer an option to bypass that error.
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Hi, Sometimes we are also not able to download malware files which we upload for our product.
We are getting following error
409 Conflict b'{"error_summary": "path/restricted_content/...", "error": {".tag": "path", "path": {".tag": "restricted_content"}}}'
Api used is: https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download