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sambapy
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Listing files using Dropbox Python

I am trying to access files stored on my Dropbox using the offical Dropbox SDK for Python.. I tried a few ways of putting in the directory name whose contents I wanted to have listed based off of a s...
  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    3 years ago

    OMG!

    Yes, such things don't have to be shared (can be dangerous - direct access to your account on the wider public)!

    That what you are sharing looks like access token. It's NOT application key.

    The application key is ID of the application you have registered. You need this key, not the access token. The last error comes from erroneous places free text on place where client ID is expected (nothing related to access token). You application ID (or key) can be seen on your application page when you select your application here (the same link I post above, but seems you skipped it). Find out your application key there and put it on the APP_KEY var initialization into the example.

    Hope now all will be Ok.

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