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Getting a list of files using HTTP API in shell with Curl
I run this and get empty response, despite having created a /Homework/math
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \ --header "Authorization: Basic <token>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"include_deleted\":false,\"include_has_explicit_shared_members\":false,\"include_media_info\":false,\"include_mounted_folders\":true,\"include_non_downloadable_files\":true,\"path\":\"/Homework/math\",\"recursive\":false}"
And I get the response
{"error_summary": "path/unsupported_content_type/.", "error": {".tag": "path", "path": {".tag": "unsupported_content_type"}}}%
All I am trying to do is get a list of files? I don't want to preview it, just a list??
Under /Homework/math under this application called "ArduinoCloud" I stored two images and a text file, nothing more.
Hi Mark L.45,
You just found out undocumented error message. 🤫 One more documentation bug that the staff responsible for documentation need to fix. Even more: you got confuse by other documentation imperfection - in /2/files/list_folder example Basic authentication is used incorrectly! 😁 Somebody has fallen asleep while typed this (probably late party - who knows).
Basic authentication may be used while accessing something that doesn't require direct account access - listing Dropbox link pointing a folder for instance. In all other cases you need Bearer authentication! 😉
Hope this helps.
PS: By the way, Basic authentication doesn't use any token, but a username and password mapped to app key and app secret. Bearer authentication uses access token.
I just replied, but ... so I will again...your right you need Bearer Authentication, not Basic Authentication for this to work.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79014393/list-dropbox-files-through-their-api-using-curl ]
That's correct, you'll need Bearer auth for this. I'll ask the team to fix this up in the documentation. Thanks!
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