LC Server Unable To Retrieve File From DropBox?

[J. Landman Gay]

Have you tried checking "the result" all over the place? There should be 
some info in there. Use a "put" statement to output the result into the 
browser window:

    if the result is not empty then put the result

Also somewhere early in the sequence, set the script to report any other 
errors. You can do that with:

   set the errorMode to "inline"

Then if there are actual errors happening, they'll show up in the 
browser too.

If you aren't using a browser to trigger the server script, the output 
will show up wherever you're calling the script from, like the message 
box or whatever.


On 12/18/2014, 12:24 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
> Thanks Jacque.
>
> The frustrating thing is this all of this used to work without any issue.  I don’t know if the problem is because of something DropBox changed, a server update by my web host (DreamHost), or my update to the 64 bit version of LC server.
>
> Simon Smith says he can access the test file from his pre 6.7 version of LC server, so the problem would seem to be my host or LC 6.7.  Even then, accessing the file works fine on the 6.7 desktop, so I’m at a loss.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>
> On Dec 18, 2014, at 10:05 AM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/17/2014, 2:14 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
>>> Hi List:
>>>
>>> I¹m wondering if anyone has been using LC Server to serve files from
>>> DropBox.  Since updating LC Server to 6.7 on my host (DreamHost), it now
>>> seems to be unable to retrieve files from DropBox.
>>>
>>> With the following script:
>>>
>>> put url "https://dl.dropbox.com/s/6fpl18ihvt7ffbl/test-image.zip" into
>>> theFile	
>>> 	put the length of theFile
>>>
>>>
>>> On a desktop system, this works as expected in the message box.
>>>
>>> On LC Server I get a value of 0.
>>
>> I'm not sure if this is related or not, but I had a similar issue with AirLaunch when Dropbox eliminated their old-style default Public folder. AirLaunch could no longer retrieve files using the new method where you can share a link from anywhere in DB. But it could still do it if the file was in my grandfathered Public folder.
>>
>> DB allows you to create an old-style Public folder if you don't already have one but they hide the information pretty well on their site. If you think this may be related to your problem and you don't yet have a Public folder, I can try to find the link for you. Once my customers created a Public folder and put the files in there, AirLaunch started working again.
>>
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