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dc_ucw
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

File upload 409 Conflict "path/no_write_permission" to team space

Getting an 409 Conflict  "path/no_write_permission" to team space when trying to upload a file.    Where do I set team space folder persmissions for an app?

Here is the code (powershell):

$DonToken = 'zzzzzzzz'
$NameSpaceId = "9999999999"
$TargetFileDir = "ns:" + $NameSpaceId + "/TEAM1/TestDeploy/" $InputZipPath = 'c:\temp\TestPushToDropBox.zip' $ZipFileName = "TestPushToDropBox.zip" $arg = '{ "path": "' + $TargetFileDir + $ZipFileName + '", "mode": "add", "autorename": true, "mute": false }' $authorization = "Bearer " + $Token $headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]" $headers.Add("Authorization", $authorization) $headers.Add("Dropbox-API-Arg", $arg) $headers.Add("Content-Type", 'application/octet-stream') # $nshead = '{".tag": "namespace_id", "namespace_id": $NameSpaceId}' # $headers.Add("Dropbox-API-Path-Root", $nshead) $resp = try { Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload -Method Post -InFile $InputZipPath -Headers $headers } catch { $_.Exception.Response } write-host $resp.StatusCode.value__ write-host $resp.StatusCode write-host $resp.StatusDescription




  • To access the team space itself, you need to set your "root" to the team space using the "Dropbox-API-Path-Root" header, instead of specifying the namespace ID in the path value as you're trying to do in this code. 

    You can find information setting "root" in "Dropbox-API-Path-Root" in the Namespace Guide.

    It looks like you have part of this commented out already. Re-enable that, and use "root" instead of "namespace_id", and remove the "ns:..." usage from your "path" value.

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    To access the team space itself, you need to set your "root" to the team space using the "Dropbox-API-Path-Root" header, instead of specifying the namespace ID in the path value as you're trying to do in this code. 

    You can find information setting "root" in "Dropbox-API-Path-Root" in the Namespace Guide.

    It looks like you have part of this commented out already. Re-enable that, and use "root" instead of "namespace_id", and remove the "ns:..." usage from your "path" value.

    • dc_ucw's avatar
      dc_ucw
      New member | Level 2

      Greg - thanks for the quick reply.    I have tried your suggestion, but now get a 400 "Bad Request"

      $Token = 'zzzzzzzz'
      $NameSpaceId = "9999999999"
      
      $TargetFileDir = "/UCWorkspace/TestDeploy/"
      $InputZipPath = 'c:\temp\TestPushToDropBox.zip'
      $ZipFileName = "TestPushToDropBox.zip"
      
      $arg = '{ "path": "' + $TargetFileDir + $ZipFileName + '", "mode": "add", "autorename": true, "mute": false }'
      
      $authorization = "Bearer " + $Token
      
      $headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
      
      $headers.Add("Authorization", $authorization)
      $headers.Add("Dropbox-API-Arg", $arg)
      $headers.Add("Content-Type", 'application/octet-stream')
      $nshead = '{".tag": "root", "root": $NameSpaceId}'
      $headers.Add("Dropbox-API-Path-Root", $nshead)
      
      $resp = try { 
      
      	Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload -Method Post -InFile $InputZipPath -Headers $headers 
      	
      } catch { 
      
      	$_.Exception.Response 
      
      }
      
      write-host $resp.StatusCode.value__ 
      write-host $resp.StatusCode 
      write-host $resp.StatusDescription
      • Greg-DB's avatar
        Greg-DB
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        What's in the response body for the 400? It should contain a more helpful error message.

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