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Dropbox download api is not working
Dropbox download is not working, we are getting this error message 'service unavailable' with error code 503.. what is the alternative of this API. Api endpoint: https://content.dropboxapi.co...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThanks! That's helpful. We'll look into it.
Note that if you just want to download the file though, and you are already connected to the account and have the file ID or path, you don't need to use /2/sharing/get_file_metadata and /2/sharing/get_file_metadata.
Once you know the file ID or path (from the /2/files/list_folder result), you can then call /2/files/download to download the file.
Thanks!
yes, its working. But we are unable to download shared files by calling https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/#files_download api. getting error
{
"error_summary": "path/not_found/",
"error": {
".tag": "path",
"path": {
".tag": "not_found"
} } }
- Greg-DB
You should be able to download a file from a connected Dropbox account using /2/files/download the same way regardless of whether or not the file is in a shared folder. E.g., you should pass in the 'path_lower' or 'id' value for the file you want as the "path" parameter.
What exactly are you passing in when you get this unexpected error, and where did you get the value?
Thanks!
(a) get shared file listing by using api sharing/list_received_files get file id from response instead of path_lower
Dropbox api url:https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/#sharing_list_received_files
Response:
{ "entries": [ { "access_type": { ".tag": "viewer" }, "id": "id:8bMGXkXlCLAAAAAAAAAKzg", "name": "1543493331_1710348706_235215.jpg", "policy": { "acl_update_policy": { ".tag": "editors" }, "shared_link_policy": { ".tag": "anyone" }, "viewer_info_policy": { ".tag": "enabled" } }, "preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ns29hn0d7b5u2hwken9bn/154349385331_1710348706_23515.jpg?dl=0", "time_invited": "2019-01-17T07:03:16Z" } ], "cursor": "CmgKFkctNkpkRjFzQkNBQUTEDFBQUFBQUFBQXcQABpMAzJJbGlzdF90eXBlRGxpc3RPbGlzdGFyZ3NfYnlfZ2lkMRgb7ol0XWwEIAMzRGRlc2MCRWxpbWl0gUhyZXZpc2lvbgchdaO3ApF6FRAB" }(b) Then we pass id as the "path" parameter.
Dropbox api url:https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/#files_download
Response
{ "error_summary": "path/not_found/.", "error": { ".tag": "path", "path": { ".tag": "not_found" } } }- Greg-DB
Thanks! That's helpful. Apologies for the trouble. I meant that you should be able to pass in the id for a file as retrieved from /2/files/list_folder, like in your original post, even if they're in a shared folder in the account, for instance.
The files listed from /2/sharing/list_received_files aren't actually in the connected account (they're actually in the sharer's account), so the /2/files/download call won't work in this scenario. I'll ask the team to support that on /2/files/download, but I can't promise if/when that would be implemented.
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