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amei
Explorer | Level 3
4 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
4 months ago

Hi DB-DEs

My request is at the bottom with how to donwload a jason text file from my dropbox app to an array called users_array. Here is somebackground before the request at the bottom. 

With your assistance I was able to upload a stringified Jason file to my dropbox ap. Download function below :

The uploaded jason file is a text file (not binary) and is an array of football picks as follows :

Here are the functions I tried to use to upload the file above into an array called users_array. As you can see I tried 3 different methods. The LoadFileFromDropbox function gives me a promise with the array content, just can't get the content. 

 

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