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The given OAuth 2 access token is malformed.
Hi,
Previously, I had saved the OAuth 2 access token in a variable in my Python code, and I was able to use the token to connect and download files from my Dropbox folders. However, I decided t...
Hi hrh747,
Since you have your access token checked and it's working, seems you have saved the token in wrong way and/or improperly read it within your code. The best way for debug this case, I think, is to "resurrect" the variable you did use before, so there would be reference value. Compare value you are reading from file to the reference one. Does they match? 🤔 If need, compare the values symbol by symbol to find out where precisely the difference is. 😉 By the way, have you stripped blanks on read?
Hope this gives right direction.
Hi there,
Thanks for the kind response. Yes, I have stripped the blank while reading the token, however, I am to take your advice and make the string comparison to see where the difference might be. I will let you know.
Thanks again.
Thanks for the tip. The string comparison revealed an interesting fact. A pair of double quotes surrounded the token in the external file. It turned out that Python wrapped the token with additional pair of single quotes when reading it from the external file. I saved the token in the file without the double-quotes, and the code is working now 🙂
I thank you immensely for the help.
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