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amei
Explorer | Level 3
3 months ago

Using javascript to download file from dropbox

I am creating a javascript routine that requires me to download and upload updated files in my dropbox app file folders which contains updated football picks. I am able to upload files to my app but ...
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amei
Explorer | Level 3
3 months ago

thanks for your assistance. I updated both functions as you suggested :

Still getting the same errors :

The jason file that I have uploaded from my upload function looks like this :

It is an array of football picks. So when I upload the files I used the JSON.stringify to save the array. When I open the jason file I see text, not binary characters. Not sure if this is the problem. Perhaps a text response would ? I need to download the file back into the array (what the file is currently saved as as shown above. 

I should have included this info in my initial post. I hope this provides more clarity. thanks. 

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DB-Des
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3 months ago

amei​ 

Could you share the actual error that is being logged onto the console? Both the top-level 'error' and the lower-level 'error.error'.

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