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bryancart32
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Help downloading a non-image file using the API

I am trying to use the v2 API to to get a temporary link to a file.  JPG files work fine, but I have some .dcm files.  These are medical image DICOM format files.  I need to be able to create a tempo...
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bryancart32
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

I finally was able to find that the error I am getting back from DropBox is this:

 

   fopen(https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_temporary_link): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict

 

I did some searching and I was not able to see why this is happening.  Any ideas?

 

Thanks!

Bryan

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Greg-DB
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8 years ago
Thanks! That "HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict" is part of the API response, but it's only the status line. Can you print out the rest? The response body should contain a specific error.
  • bryancart32's avatar
    bryancart32
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 years ago

    409 - Conflict
    {"error_summary": "path/not_found/..", "error": {".tag": "path", "path": {".tag": "not_found"}}}

     

    When I look in the folder: /DICOM/13c76bf2914c6d87786d555f0994c531

     

    I have 4 files:  1.jpg, 1.dcm, 2.jpg, 2.dcm

     

    The exact same code works for 1.jpg and 2.jpg, but fails for 1.dcm and 2.dcm.

     

     

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    Greg-DB
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    8 years ago

    Thanks! That is the response we're looking for. 

     

    The /2/files/get_temporary_link documentation covers what the 'not_found' error means. In this case, it does mean there was nothing found at the path supplied in the 'path' parameter. 

     

    How are you checking that the folder does contain 1.dcm and 2.dcm? Be careful checking via a computer, for example, in case your folder isn't syncing (e.g., maybe your desktop client isn't running) or in case it's linked to a different account.

     

    You can use /2/files/list_folder to list the contents of the folder, and /2/users/get_current_account to check the linked account.

  • bryancart32's avatar
    bryancart32
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 years ago

    Thank you so much for your help.  I feel like an idiot, but I have two different DropBox accounts for testing and I was using the wrong token and once I corrected that it's working great.

     

    Thanks again!

    Bryan

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