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pouic
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago

Api v2 for filesGetThumbnail gives t.buffer not a function error

Hi, when i try to get thumbnail for any file inside my folder i have the same error for different types os files (svg, png, ...)

 

 

  import { Dropbox } from 'dropbox';

  let dbx = new Dropbox({ accessToken: 'my-key' });

    dbx.filesListFolder({path: '/vector'})
      .then(function(response) {
        console.log("file :" response.entries[0].path_display);

        dbx.filesGetThumbnail({ path: response.entries[0].path_display })
        .then(function(response) {
          var fileUrl = URL.createObjectURL(response.fileBlob);
          var img = document.createElement('img');
          img.setAttribute('src', fileUrl);
          document.getElementById('results').appendChild(img);
        })
        .catch(function(error) {
          console.log(error);
        });

Every time have this error on console 

 

 

 

file: /vector/carro_preview.png

 

my-file.ts:47 TypeError: t.buffer is not a function
at Dropbox-sdk.min.js:1
at Dropbox-sdk.min.js:1
at t.invoke (polyfills.js:3)
at Object.onInvoke (core.js:4629)
at t.invoke (polyfills.js:3)
at r.run (polyfills.js:3)
at polyfills.js:3
at t.invokeTask (polyfills.js:3)
at Object.onInvokeTask (core.js:4620)
at t.invokeTask (polyfills.js:3)

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  • pouic's avatar
    pouic
    7 years ago

    If import the DropboxSDK library like script import on my html works fine ;)

     

    my solution: 

     

    index.html ( add dropbox-sdk manually)

      <script src="assets/js/dropbox-sdk.js"></script>

    On page where can use dropbox (index.ts)

    declare var Dropbox: any;


  var dbx = new Dropbox.Dropbox({ accessToken: 'MY-KEY' });
   
    dbx.filesListFolder({path: '/my-folder-name'})
      .then(function(response) {

       dbx.filesGetThumbnail({ path: response.entries[0].path_display, format: 'png', size: 'w128h128' })
        .then(function(response) {
          var img = document.createElement('img');
          img.src=window.URL.createObjectURL(response.fileBlob);
          document.getElementById('results').appendChild(img);

        })
        .catch(function(error) {
          console.log(error);
        });
      
    });
  }

     

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