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NavPanchhi
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Simple file name retrieving using javascript

Hello, I'm really new to working with the dropbox API and was completely lost on how to retrieve file names. My main goal is to just have a list of the files' names that are uploaded to Dropbox disp...
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Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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3 years ago

Please clarify what you mean when you say you are "still facing issues". For example, share any unexpected error or output.

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NavPanchhi
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Sorry about that!

The issue that is appearing now is 

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 400 () https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_metadata

 

The entire code I have is this:

<script>

$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
data: "{\"include_deleted\":false,\"include_has_explicit_shared_members\":false,\"include_media_info\":false,\"path\":\"}",
contentType: "application/json",
beforeSend: function(xhr) {
xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization', 'Bearer ***)
}, success: function(data){
console.log(data);
//process the JSON data etc
}
})

</script>
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    3 years ago

    What's in the response body for that response with the 400 status code? It should contain a more specific error message.

    • NavPanchhi's avatar
      NavPanchhi
      Explorer | Level 3
      3 years ago

      Is this what you mean?  

      • NavPanchhi's avatar
        NavPanchhi
        Explorer | Level 3
        3 years ago

        Here's more 

        Error in call to API function "files/get_metadata": Your app is not permitted to access this endpoint because it does not have the required scope 'files.metadata.read'. The owner of the app can enable the scope for the app using the Permissions tab on the App Console.

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