App is not allowed to access this api for Dropbox

Question

I'm trying to use the Dropbox API for my iPhone app, so I got a simple programm who just link my Dropbox account to the app (this part works well), but when I try to list files in my Dropbox directory i got this message:

[WARNING] DropboxSDK: error making request to /l/metadata/dropbox - (400) App is not allowed to access this API.

And I got this message, even if I try the DBRoulette given by Dropbox for testing their API.

Maybe it's because I use the simulator, but I cant try this on a device now.

Answer 1

When you created your app in the App console , what type of app did you create? My guess is that you created a datastores-only app, and you're now trying to access files via the API. Make sure you create an app that has access to files.

Answer 2

It tells that there is some wrong input parameter in api,

400 Bad input parameter. Error message should indicate which one and why.

From Drop box documentation .

Answer 3

The Dropbox API shows some sample code for listing the files in a given folder:

List files in a folder

You can list the files in folder you just uploaded to with the following call:

[[self restClient] loadMetadata:@"/"];
The rest client will call your delegate with one of the following callbacks:

- (void)restClient:(DBRestClient *)client loadedMetadata:(DBMetadata *)metadata {
    if (metadata.isDirectory) {
        NSLog(@"Folder '%@' contains:", metadata.path);
    for (DBMetadata *file in metadata.contents) {
        NSLog(@"\t%@", file.filename);
    }
    }
}

- (void)restClient:(DBRestClient *)client
    loadMetadataFailedWithError:(NSError *)error {

    NSLog(@"Error loading metadata: %@", error);
}

Metadata objects are how you get information on files and folders in a user's Dropbox. Calling loadMetadata: on / will load the metadata for the root folder, and since it's a folder the contents property will contain a list of files and folders contained in that folder. It's advisable to keep this data around so that the next time you want to do something with a file, you can compare its current metadata to what you have stored to discern whether the file has been changed. Check out DBMetadata.h to see all the information metadata objects have.