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Google App Engine and Java SDK GetTemporaryLink Error

Google App Engine and Java SDK GetTemporaryLink Error

iwansyahp
Explorer | Level 3

I use Dropbox to save my application's user uploaded files. The upload part is running well. But When I try to get temporary link to my user's (not Dropbox user) files. I can't get the temporary link, the App is running at Google App Engine. Anyone can give a hint what should I do to avoid the error?

 

Thanks.

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Sanchez
Dropbox Staff
Hi @iwansyahp, and welcome to our community! 

Are you developing or using your own application? Are you using our API in any way? 

I’m not familiar with Google App Engine, but if your query involves our API, then perhaps we can move your question into our API support section here. 

Let me know.
Cheers! 

Sanchez
Community Moderator @ Dropbox
dropbox.com/support


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Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff

[Cross-linking for reference: https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/issues/180 ]

 

It looks like you also posted this on GitHub. I answered there, but feel free to follow up in whichever location is more convenient for you.

iwansyahp
Explorer | Level 3
I use Dropbox to save my application data, PDFs and ZIPs. To download my application data in Dropbox I use Temporary Link. The problem is I couldn't get the temporary link after >10 API request.

Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
What error are you getting specifically? Please share the full output.

iwansyahp
Explorer | Level 3
I couldn't get the error message, but based my condition checker code, It is look like output of the client.files().getTemporaryLink is "" (empty string) or null.

BTW, I use Java for my App and Dropbox-core-sdk (Java version)

Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
I'm afraid I don't follow. The method would either return a result or raise an exception. Please double check the actual result.

Also, can you share the relevant code and steps to reproduce the issue?

iwansyahp
Explorer | Level 3

This is my actual code.

public String unduhBerkas(String path)
            throws GetTemporaryLinkErrorException, DbxException{
       
        DbxRequestConfig config = DbxRequestConfig.newBuilder("My_App/1.0")
                 .withHttpRequestor(new GoogleAppEngineRequestor())
                 .withAutoRetryEnabled(100) // maksimal cobalagi jika gagal membuat request
                 .build();
       
        DbxClientV2 client = new DbxClientV2(config, ACCESS_TOKEN);


            GetTemporaryLinkResult temporaryLink = client.files().getTemporaryLink(path);
            this.link = temporaryLink.getLink();


            if (this.link.equals("")){
                Date date = new Date();
                // ambil 4 jam dari sekarang
                Date timeLinkExpiresAt  = addMinutesToDate(240, date);
                SharedLinkSettings sharedLinkSettings = SharedLinkSettings.newBuilder()
                        .withExpires(timeLinkExpiresAt)
                        .build();
                SharedLinkMetadata sharedLink = client.sharing().createSharedLinkWithSettings(path, sharedLinkSettings);
                this.link = sharedLink.getUrl();
                // ganti ujung URL dari dl=0 menjadi dl=1 agar bisa didownload
                if (this.link.endsWith("0")){
                    this.link = this.link.substring(0, this.link.length()-1) + "1";
                }
            }
        
        return link;
    }

Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
I don't see any obvious issues with that. Can you add some logging or connect a debugger to check the actual return value from getTemporaryLink, or any raised exception?

iwansyahp
Explorer | Level 3

This is the response I got, Another problem I found is response of API is inconsistent for same files (folders), Sometime I got 200, and sometimes 409 HTTPS Status Codes.

 

This is the screenshot of request timeline.

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