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409 Conflict when calling sharing/get_shared_link_metadata
Hi team, we have an OAuth 2 integration with Dropbox (switched from access token integration to OAuth2). After the authentication, we are sending an API call check/user we get 200 message and ever...
Scott-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHello,
Does the response include any other information than the code? There is likely an error message returned which should explain what the issue is.
Scott
Hi Scott, thanks for the reply.
I tested it locally on Postman, this is the error I am seeing (even though the link is shared and can be accessed by anyone)
{
"error_summary": "shared_link_access_denied/.",
"error": {
".tag": "shared_link_access_denied"
}
}
- Greg-DB
idanarie Are you using an API app registered with the "app folder" access type? There's currently a bug that results in this error when using this method with an access token for an app folder app. That's still open with engineering, but I don't have a timeline on a fix.
Hi Greg, there is some new about this error? It's affecting my project also.
- Greg-DB
Update: the /2/sharing/get_shared_link_metadata and /2/sharing/get_shared_link_file endpoints (and corresponding methods in the SDKs) should now work when using an access token for an app with the app folder access type.
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