Fail to get a file via curl

[RandomDoorUser1872]

Soooo.... this has been driving me nuts for the past day or two. I am sure I am missing something obvious, but I have no other paths forward. So here goes. I have created an app with access to an APP FOLDER. I uploaded a few test files to the folder via GUI. I can list the folder contents via curl using the token I created. When I try to get a file, using the file id from the list_folder endpoint, I get a not found error. Code bellow. Please help!!!

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"path\": \"\"}"

...Returns JSON with /App/FOLDER content... 

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/file_requests/get  \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"id\":\"<ID>\"}"

Returns: 

{"error_summary": "not_found/...", "error": {".tag": "not_found"}}

???? 

Thank you! 

[Greg-DB · Accepted solution]

The /2/file_requests/get endpoint is for retrieving the information about a 'file request', not a file itself. (A "file request" is a way to receive files from other people.)

To get the data for a particular file, you should instead call /2/files/download.

[RandomDoorUser1872]

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