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Shobhit_Sharma
7 years agoNew member | Level 2
Dropbox Api throwing error, "request body: could not decode input as JSON"
Whenever I use https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/get_file_metadata with apex code or postman, I receive an error message i.e., Error in call to API function "sharing/get_file_metadata": request b...
- 7 years ago
It looks like you're sending the API parameters in a header with the name "data" in this line:
r.setHeader('data','{ "file" : "id:ooT7g_X2tkAAAAAAAAAAEw" ,"actions" : [] }');
The /2/sharing/get_file_metadata endpoint is an "RPC" style endpoint, so the parameters should be sent as JSON in the request body, not as a header. Update your code to send the JSON in the body instead of a header.
I can't offer help with programming in Apex itself, but it looks like you may need to use the `setBody` method.
Greg-DB
7 years agoDropbox Staff
It looks like you're sending the API parameters in a header with the name "data" in this line:
r.setHeader('data','{ "file" : "id:ooT7g_X2tkAAAAAAAAAAEw" ,"actions" : [] }');
The /2/sharing/get_file_metadata endpoint is an "RPC" style endpoint, so the parameters should be sent as JSON in the request body, not as a header. Update your code to send the JSON in the body instead of a header.
I can't offer help with programming in Apex itself, but it looks like you may need to use the `setBody` method.
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