unknown tag 'banned_member'

[xfoxhack]

Hello,

I am encountering an issue with the Dropbox Python SDK. While trying to create a shared link with settings, I am receiving "Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Administrator\OneDrive\Desktop\TRYOFFICE\XFOX\xfoxgo.py", line 17, in <module>
shared_link_metadata = dbx.sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings(dropbox_file_path)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\dropbox\base.py", line 4584, in sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings
r = self.request(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\dropbox\dropbox_client.py", line 347, in request
deserialized_result = stone_serializers.json_compat_obj_decode(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\stone\backends\python_rsrc\stone_serializers.py", line 977, in json_compat_obj_decode
return decoder.json_compat_obj_decode_helper(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\stone\backends\python_rsrc\stone_serializers.py", line 563, in json_compat_obj_decode_helper
return self.decode_union(data_type, obj)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\stone\backends\python_rsrc\stone_serializers.py", line 658, in decode_union
tag, val = self.decode_union_dict(data_type, obj)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\stone\backends\python_rsrc\stone_serializers.py", line 676, in decode_union_dict
raise bv.ValidationError("unknown tag '%s'" % tag)
stone.backends.python_rsrc.stone_validators.ValidationError: unknown tag 'banned_member'

[Здравко]

Hi @xfoxhack,

Unfortunately, the type of API error you meet, is not yet included in Dropbox Python SDK supported error types for that call. Since there is not any additional error type fields (it's type void), as a workaround, you can catch the type 'ValidationError' and compare the content literally. In such a way you can introduce some support (as a patch) for that error in your application till official support if any.

Additional hack might be to put on top of your source (before any other Dropbox related method execution) on global place something like:

from dropbox import sharing as s
s.CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsError._banned_member = s.bv.Void()
s.CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsError._tagmap['banned_member'
  ] = s.CreateSharedLinkWithSettingsError._banned_member

Good luck.

[Greg-DB]

This error would occur because the user's account is currently banned from creating links.

As Здравко noted, the Dropbox Python SDK is not currently updated to handle that particular error properly, so it raises a ValidationError instead, but I'll ask the team to fix that up.