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Keith B.7's avatar
Keith B.7
Helpful | Level 7
9 years ago

[Obj-C API 2] Dealing with DMCA errors?

Hello,   We've had a couple of reports of users encountering a 461 Dropbox error. The publicly-shipping version of our app is using API 1, and looking this up, it seems to be a DMCA-related error -...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    9 years ago
    This applies to accessing the content, e.g., via download, get_preview, get_thumbnail, or via a link.

    Uploading, and file operations like moving and copying are allowed.
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

1. Yes, this is the expected behavior.

 

2. In API v2, it would be a 409 with a specific error, e.g., on /files/download, it's restricted_content. In the API v2 Objective-C SDK in particular, that becomes DBFILESDownloadError.path with a DBFILESLookupError where isRestrictedContent is true.

  • Keith B.7's avatar
    Keith B.7
    Helpful | Level 7
    9 years ago

    Thank you. Does the error only ever apply to downloads, then? Will this error never be encountered for uploads, or when trying to copy or move a restricted file?

     

    Thanks,

    Keith

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      9 years ago
      This applies to accessing the content, e.g., via download, get_preview, get_thumbnail, or via a link.

      Uploading, and file operations like moving and copying are allowed.
      • Keith B.7's avatar
        Keith B.7
        Helpful | Level 7
        9 years ago

        Great, thanks.

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