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Is it possible to pass all parameters to a v2 API request in URL parameters?
I have very particular situation when I cannot use request header at all and I'm basically need to pass all the parameters as URL parameters. It is not a problem for the v1 API. For example with t...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi Alexander, yes, you can pass the arguments on the URL. You cited the right documentation, but your implementation isn't quite right. You should put all of the arguments as JSON in a URL parameter actually named "arg". Likewise, you need to use the "authorization" parameter to send up the access token.
To make the arg value,
Here's an example using curl to upload a local test.txt file to /test.txt in Dropbox, passing authorization and arg as URL parameters:
curl -X POST "https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload?authorization=Bearer%20ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE&arg=%7B%22path%22%3A%20%22%2Ftest.txt%22%7D" \
--header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
--data-binary @test.txt
The Content-Type does need to be set correctly though. I don't know what your particular situation is, but hopefully that does get set for you, or you have a way to do so.
Why i'm getting this error ? "Error in call to API function "users/get_current_account": Invalid authorization value in URL parameter "authorization": "Bearer%20REDACTED_ACCESS_TOKEN". Expecting "Bearer <oauth2-access-token>"."
- Greg-DB
incode4it That value looks right. Can you share your code, or the full/raw request and response? Just be sure to redact the access token itself.
By the way, I redacted your access token from your post, but for the sake of security, you should disable that access token since you posted it publicly. You can do so by revoking access to the app entirely, if the access token is for your account, here:
https://www.dropbox.com/account/security
Or, you can disable just this access token using the API:
v2: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#auth-token-revoke
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