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Insufficient_space error message even though I have a lot of free space
I have a dropbox app that uploads documents to folders on behalf of users. When I tested it in production,I kept getting an insufficient_space error
{ "error_summary": "path/insufficient_s...
Hi @Здравко @Greg-DB , I was using a third party tool and logged the generated request for inspection. Turns out it was trying to upload files to the wrong user. My bad. Problem resolved now
Thanks for the assistance
Hi! Seems you solved your problem! Which error code did you get with this error?
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
shsv382 This issue was referring to getting a "path/insufficient_space" error when uploading a file, such as when calling the /2/files/upload endpoint. That kind of error would be sent with a 409 status code. You can find more information in the "Errors" documentation and Error Handling Guide.
Thank you for feedback! Unfortunately, there's no description for this error in the documentation, otherwise I wouldn't have asked.
- Greg-DB
shsv382 Note that some error types are nested, so you'll need to expand the types to see the full information. To find the information for the "path" errors returned by /2/files/upload in the /2/files/upload documentation, for instance, start by expanding the documentation for "path" under "UploadError" in the /2/files/upload "Errors" section by clicking on its "UploadWriteFailed" type, and then clicking on the "WriteError" type. There you'll see "insufficient_space", among others.
I will say more: I did not find this error even when searching for "insufficient_space" in the Javascript SDK github-repository
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