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Javascript responseError in call to API function "files/move:2"
I'm working on a google app script to move a pdf file from one folder in Dropbox to another. I have it working in Postman but am having trouble getting it to work in my google app script. I am getting the following error: 'responseError in call to API function "files/move:2": request body: could not decode input as JSON'
I don't know if it has anything to do with the fact that the API body is supposed to be 'raw' format. I am not familiar with this format.
function moveDocWithinDB(dropboxAccessToken,ctrData){
Logger.log("Function moveDriverDoc ");
var raw = {
"from_path":"/Driver Shared Files/Anna/Andrew Walter- RMR Shared/(Paperwork)/TEST1234568_POD.pdf",
"to_path":"/Customer Delivery Orders/Active DO's/ABC Corp/TEST1234568_POD.pdf",
"allow_shared_folder": false,
"autorename": false,
"allow_ownership_transfer": false
}
var headers= {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer "+ dropboxAccessToken,
}
var options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: headers,
data: raw,
muteHttpExceptions: true,
};
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(apiUrl, options);
Logger.log("response" + response)
}
rubbermeetsrd wrote:... I am getting the following error: 'responseError in call to API function "files/move:2": request body: could not decode input as JSON'
var headers= {"Content-Type": "application/json", <<<<<<"Authorization": "Bearer "+ dropboxAccessToken,}var options = {method: 'POST',headers: headers,data: raw, <<<<<<<<<<<<muteHttpExceptions: true,};var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(apiUrl, options);...
Hi rubbermeetsrd,
🙂 What are you expecting? You correctly declared "application/json" format, but by default how fetch is formatting the passed map? 🤔 Isn't it a form encoding? 😉
Hope this gives direction.
What am I expecting? I am expecting the pdf file to move from one folder to another which it does in Postman.
In Postman, the body format is raw. I am not familiar enough with fetch calls to say whether they are encoded forms or not. This is the API call working in Postman (access token is whited out). When I brought up the move_v2 api call, the template was set up as a raw body which worked.
rubbermeetsrd wrote:... When I brought up the move_v2 api call, the template was set up as a raw body which worked.
...
I don't know what you mean 'raw body', but your 'template' seems correct. It should work. Why are you NOT calling 'move_v2' in the same way? 🤷 Take a look on your OP. Is it the same or not exactly? 🙂
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