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Error (415) from Python files_upload API
Hello, I am trying to write a python script to automatically store an excel file in dropbox. My excel file is created from turning dataframes into excel sheets. This file has 5 sheets with a diffe...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox Staffms97 Здравко is correct; your output shows that your file upload was empty, which is why the Dropbox web site was not able to show the contents. You'll need to debug your integration to make sure you correctly upload the non-empty data.
I am getting a similar response when just switching the folder I am uploading to:
FileMetadata(client_modified=datetime.datetime(2023, 8, 10, 16, 22, 13), content_hash='e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855', export_info=NOT_SET, file_lock_info=NOT_SET, has_explicit_shared_members=NOT_SET, id='id:MfcxP9MMQyMAAAAAAAAAHg', is_downloadable=True, media_info=NOT_SET, name='test.zip', parent_shared_folder_id=NOT_SET, path_display='/Folder2/test.zip', path_lower='/folder2/test.zip', preview_url=NOT_SET, property_groups=NOT_SET, rev='0160293ffb9dc8f0000000104e641f1', server_modified=datetime.datetime(2023, 8, 10, 16, 22, 14), sharing_info=NOT_SET, size=0, symlink_info=NOT_SET)So my problem has nothing to do with the file itself because it has been uploaded into another folder successfully:
FileMetadata(client_modified=datetime.datetime(2023, 8, 10, 16, 28, 4), content_hash='e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855', export_info=NOT_SET, file_lock_info=NOT_SET, has_explicit_shared_members=NOT_SET, id='id:qzdXOVVbA8AAAAAAAAUJ_w', is_downloadable=True, media_info=NOT_SET, name='test.zip', parent_shared_folder_id='4391826353', path_display='/Folder1/test.zip', path_lower='/folder1/test.zip', preview_url=NOT_SET, property_groups=NOT_SET, rev='016029414a2b7250000000105c5f3b1', server_modified=datetime.datetime(2023, 8, 10, 16, 28, 4), sharing_info=FileSharingInfo(modified_by='dbid:AAB_CoHtiOlASmyE9l1g_5pdrDuPG1s2CIQ', parent_shared_folder_id='4391826353', read_only=False), size=0, symlink_info=NOT_SET)What do you think it could be?
- Greg-DB
credentially-dev-team Both samples you shared here show 'size=0', meaning that both files were uploaded with empty contents. Please check your upload code to make sure you're uploading the non-empty contents that you expect for the files.
credentially-dev-team wrote:...
FileMetadata(..., size=0, ...)
So my problem has nothing to do with the file itself because it has been uploaded into another folder successfully:
FileMetadata(..., size=0, ...)
What do you think it could be?
I think you cannot read those empty archives content in both cases. 🙋
@Здравко
Yes, but still. Via UI I can see the file in Folder1 so it turns out empty files can be uploaded 🙂
- Greg-DB
credentially-dev-team Dropbox allows you to upload empty files (that is, files with size of 0), but empty files are not valid zip files.
