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jurgenatore
Explorer | Level 3
6 years ago

get_temporary_link and could not decode input as JSON

Hello. I'm trying to get a temporary link for file with using get_temporary_link from file_properties with below listed PHP code: $getlink_url = 'https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_temporary_...
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    6 years ago

    The /2/files/get_temporary_link endpoint is an RPC-style endpoint, so it expects the API call parameters as JSON in the request body. 

    In the code you shared, you're actually sending the parameters in a header named 'data'. 

    You'll need to fix your code to send them in the request body, like:

    $parameters = json_encode(
                        array (
                        "path"=>"/file_storage/some_file.zip"
                        )
                    );
    curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $parameters);

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