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Paul H.37
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10 years ago

CORS does not seem to work for uploading files from the browser.

I'm attempting to upload files from the browser to a Dropbox folder on the user's account. The way I have it set up right now, OAuth2 is triggered using a link, which then redirects to the server whe...
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Steve M.'s avatar
Steve M.
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10 years ago

I think the issue with your existing code is the "contentLength" header you're setting. Dropbox's CORS setup doesn't allow that header. It's also non-standard... I think you meant Content-Length , but I don't believe you'll be allowed to set that manually. Just pass the data you want to send and leave off this header.

At least in Chrome, something very similar to your code snippet worked for me once I removed the "contentLength " header.

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