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mytest101
11 months agoExplorer | Level 3
when I use dropboxAPI to delete file, I get 500 error. why?
It work well,when App run as normal user privilege. but when App run as system privilege, I got 500 error. Code: WinHttpOpenRequest(hConnect,L"POST",L"2/files/delete_v2", L"HTTP/1.1", WINHTTP_NO_RE...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
I'll be happy to help with any issues you're having with the Dropbox API, but I'll need some more information. Please reply with:
- the steps to reproduce the issue, including relevant code snippet(s), but don't include any access or refresh token(s)
- the full text of any error or unexpected output
- 5-10 sample 'X-Dropbox-Request-Id' response header values for the failures
mytest101
11 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Thank you for your reply; when I run my app as user privilege ,All works well. but run as system privilege , I receive statusCode=500,All response message:
HTTP/1.1 500
Cache-Control: no-cache
Content-Type: text/plain: charset-utf-8
server: envoy
Content-security-policy: sandbox allow-forms allow-scripts
x-content-type-option: nosiff
accept-encoding: identity,gzip
x-dropbox-response-origin: far_remote
use code like: WinHttpConnect(hin,"api.dropboxapi.com",443,0);
WinHttpOpenRequest(**,"POST", 2/files/delete_v2.**);
WinHttpAddRequestHeader("Authorization: Bearer *******");
WinHttpAddRequestHeader("Content-type: application/json");
WinhttpSendRequest(**, "{\"path\": \"/work/path\"}");
- Greg-DB11 months agoDropbox Staff
Thanks for following up. Can you please share the rest of the requested information so we can look up these errors? Thanks in advance!
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