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Issue in getting content of PDF/Doc etc
We are consuming dropbox api from our Delphi App.
We are facing issue in getting PDF from dropbox(Upload,delete is working fine).
Getting Blank PDF
Except text file i am facing issue in getting file content(png,Doc,Pdf)
please suggest what wrong is happening there.
Thanks! That does show the raw PDF data, indicating that the Dropbox API call itself did succeed and return the file data.
That being the case, it looks like the issue here is with writing that data to the local filesystem. As that's not related to the Dropbox API itself, I'm afraid I can't offer much help with that. You'll need to debug that part of your code, such as the "SaveToFile" method. For instance, make sure you have the right local path and that you have the permissions needed to write to that path.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
First, can you confirm that the "/test/BackcardHTTPS.pdf" file on Dropbox itself is not empty and does contain the expected data?
Then, can you inspect the API response? Check the status code; if it's not 200, then the call failed for some reason. You should also check the response headers for metadata, and response body for the file data, if the call succeeded. If it failed, there should be some error.
By the way, you shouldn't post your access token like that. You should redact it from your image, and then revoke and replace it.
