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get_temporary_link and could not decode input as JSON
Hello.
I'm trying to get a temporary link for file with using get_temporary_link from file_properties with below listed PHP code:
$getlink_url = 'https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_temporary_link';
$getlink_headers = array ( 'Authorization: Bearer '. $token,
'Content-Type: application/json',
'data: '.
json_encode(
array (
"path"=>"/file_storage/some_file.zip"
)
)
);
$ch1 = curl_init($getlink_url);
curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $getlink_headers);
$response2 = curl_exec($ch1);
curl_close($ch1);
error_log($response2);
But i receive an error:
[php7:notice] [pid 25434] [client ::1:40512] Error in call to API function "files/get_temporary_link": request body: could not decode input as JSON, referer: http://localhost/DropTest.html
Could you please let me know what i'm doing wrong. I found solutions for other languages but not for PHP.
Thank you in advance for support.
Michal
The /2/files/get_temporary_link endpoint is an RPC-style endpoint, so it expects the API call parameters as JSON in the request body.
In the code you shared, you're actually sending the parameters in a header named 'data'.
You'll need to fix your code to send them in the request body, like:
$parameters = json_encode( array ( "path"=>"/file_storage/some_file.zip" ) );curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $parameters);
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
The /2/files/get_temporary_link endpoint is an RPC-style endpoint, so it expects the API call parameters as JSON in the request body.
In the code you shared, you're actually sending the parameters in a header named 'data'.
You'll need to fix your code to send them in the request body, like:
$parameters = json_encode( array ( "path"=>"/file_storage/some_file.zip" ) );curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $parameters);
Greg
Thank you very much for support. Now works fine:
$getlink_url = 'https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_temporary_link'; $getlink_headers = array ( 'Authorization: Bearer '. $token, 'Content-Type: application/json' ); $ch1 = curl_init($getlink_url); $parameters = json_encode( array ( "path"=>"/file_storage/some_file.zip" ) ); curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST"); curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $parameters); curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $getlink_headers); $response2 = curl_exec($ch1); curl_close($ch1); error_log($response2);Best, Michal
