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shared_link_access_denied error with get_shared_link_file and new "/scl" link with file password
Hi, I'm trying to download a file protected by password using get_shared_link_file with the new formatted "/scl" shared links but this still results in a shared_link_access_denied response. L...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffI'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 access type (full Dropbox or app folder) of the app registration you're using
- the name and version number of the Dropbox SDK/library you are using, if any
- the steps to reproduce the issue, including relevant code snippet(s) and parameter value(s), but don't include any access or refresh token(s)
- the full text of any error or unexpected output
If you'd prefer to share privately, please open an API ticket here. Thanks!
Hi Greg,
It's an app folder access type and I'm using the Dropbox API v2 for HTTP Developers (https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#sharing-get_shared_link_file).
This is the relative path to the file (it's just a zipped text file with no extension) :
Dropbox/AppName/Records/59
Shared link created with create_shared_link_with_settings and password "ABC59". I also tried to create this link with the context menu, the same share link is generated.
Sample query (works fine for other files, like "/58", but with legacy formatting):
Authorization: Bearer <access token>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Dropbox-API-Arg: {"url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/<specific_link>&dl=1","link_password": "ABC59"}
Response :
HTTP 401 Unauthorized
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Security-Policy: sandbox allow-forms allow-scripts
Server: envoy
Accept-Encoding: identity,gzip
Cache-Control: no-cache
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 18:13:03 GMT
X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow, noimageindex
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
Content-Length: 87
X-Dropbox-Response-Origin: far_remote
X-Dropbox-Request-Id: 594fb26ba13341a1bfc614ffd9b1998a
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Www-Authenticate: Bearer realm="Dropbox-API"
- Greg-DB
Thanks! Can you double check this sample is for a 'shared_link_access_denied' error though? This sample has a 401 status code, but errors like 'shared_link_access_denied' would be expected to have a 409 status code. A 401 indicates an authorization issue, like an invalid or expired access token, for example. In any case, you should check the response body for the error message to see the cause.
Sorry, I got the header wrong in my previous post because I tried multiple solutions. Here is the good one :
HTTP 409 Conflict
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Security-Policy: sandbox allow-forms allow-scripts
Server: envoy
Accept-Encoding: identity,gzip
Cache-Control: no-cache
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 18:51:52 GMT
X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow, noimageindex
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
Content-Length: 98
X-Dropbox-Response-Origin: far_remote
X-Dropbox-Request-Id: 4cbdabcd9ff14e8ca6675a62d6023936
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Body :
{
"error_summary": "shared_link_access_denied/...",
"error": {
".tag": "shared_link_access_denied"
}
}- Greg-DB
Thanks, that's helpful. Please try again but using an access token for an app with the "full Dropbox" access type instead of "app folder". There's currently a bug that can cause this error on this endpoint when calling with an access token for an app folder app.
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