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Synk
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7 months ago

Upload API issue

Hi everybody, I'm using Dropbox API in my web application to upload files to Dropbox via PHP code. I've been using this procedure for a long time, but today I got an upload error: "Failed to upl...
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    7 months ago

    Synk Здравко is correct; the Dropbox API requires TLS (v1.2 in particular, currently), and is currently being served with a valid certificate (from DigiCert). You generally shouldn't need to configure anything manually to be able to connect to that; the default is usually sufficient. We recommend against disabling the verification, as that may make you susceptible to certain types of security issues.

     

    As for why this started occurring, you may want to check if there's anything on your network connection, such as a proxy, VPN, firewall, or other security software that may be interfering with your connections to the Dropbox servers.

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