Trying to Move Files Between Folders with API

Question

I'm trying to move files between folders using the HTTP API. I used this endpoint to get all of the files inside a specific folder:&nbsp;https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder. It returns this response as expected:

{
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"entries":&nbsp;[
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;".tag":&nbsp;"file",
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"name":&nbsp;"ui-debug.log",
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"path_lower":&nbsp;"/apps/articles/new/ui-debug.log",
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"path_display":&nbsp;"/Apps/Articles/New/ui-debug.log",
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"id":&nbsp;"redacted",
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"client_modified":&nbsp;"2020-09-23T19:06:36Z",
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"server_modified":&nbsp;"2020-09-23T19:18:02Z",
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"rev":&nbsp;"redacted",
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"size":&nbsp;50,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"is_downloadable":&nbsp;true,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"has_explicit_shared_members":&nbsp;true,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"content_hash":&nbsp;"redacted"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"cursor":&nbsp;"redacted",
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"has_more":&nbsp;false
}

&nbsp;
Then I go to move the file to the new folder and using this endpoint:&nbsp;https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/move_v2. I pass all the same authorization data and pass this as the body:

{
    "from_path": "/apps/articles/new/ui-debug.log",
    "to_path": "/apps/articles/archived",
    "allow_shared_folder": true,
    "autorename": true,
    "allow_ownership_transfer": true
}

&nbsp;
This is the response I get:
&nbsp;

{
    "error_summary": "from_lookup/not_found/.",
    "error": {
        ".tag": "from_lookup",
        "from_lookup": {
            ".tag": "not_found"
        }
    }
}

Am I missing something here? I'm passing the exact path I get when I list the files. Please advise.

unshiftmedia · Accepted Answer

I figured it out, I was using the wrong header.

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