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Hi all, I have a backend hosted in pythonanywhere that has this code snippet. It basically uploads the file and creates a sharing link from that uploaded file.
dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(dropboxToken)
filename = "/dates/"+request.data['name']
dbx.files_upload(request.data['picture'].read(), filename, mute=True)
getLink = dbx.sharing_create_shared_link(filename, short_url=False, pending_upload=None)
This code used to work for years until 1-2 months ago but now just throws an error:
dropbox.exceptions.ApiError: ApiError('1f0a4024a5c24ad09d3e9bc12d2d0e77', CreateSharedLinkError('path', LookupError('not_found', None)))
The file still uploads (I verified in UI) but it somehow can't find that file when trying to create the shared link. As I said, this code worked fine previously and no changes was made in the code. Can anyone help/advise? Thanks.
Hi @foongzy,
It's good idea to dump your var 'filename'. I tried to reproduce your issue but everything works (despite sharing_create_shared_link is deprecated already). Let's see if the filename is some special case.
PS: By the way something aside - it's time to think of moving to use refresh token! No long lived access token is issued already, but only short lived. If you need to reissue your access token, it wouldn't work anymore. Just keep in mind.
Hi @foongzy,
It's good idea to dump your var 'filename'. I tried to reproduce your issue but everything works (despite sharing_create_shared_link is deprecated already). Let's see if the filename is some special case.
PS: By the way something aside - it's time to think of moving to use refresh token! No long lived access token is issued already, but only short lived. If you need to reissue your access token, it wouldn't work anymore. Just keep in mind.
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