Title: ERROR: Dropbox API: (403) Unable to parse
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# ERROR: Dropbox API: (403) Unable to parse

 *  [fulanoinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fulanoinc/)
 * (@fulanoinc)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-dropbox-api-403-unable-to-parse/)
 * I keep getting this error: ERROR: Dropbox API: (403) Unable to parse OAuth parameters
   from Authorization header.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Robert Windisch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nullbyte/)
 * (@nullbyte)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-dropbox-api-403-unable-to-parse/#post-3751369)
 * Hi fulanoinc,
 * is this error on the logfile or when you authenticate with dropbox?
 * regards,
    Robert
 *  [GumbyDammit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gumbydammit/)
 * (@gumbydammit)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-dropbox-api-403-unable-to-parse/#post-3751572)
 * I too have been receiving this error message for the last few weeks. It shows
   up in the error report that I receive by email.
 *  [Rod Walters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rod-walters/)
 * (@rod-walters)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-dropbox-api-403-unable-to-parse/#post-3751583)
 * I’m getting this error too.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-dropbox-api-403-unable-to-parse/#post-3751584)
 * Wiht BackWPup Version did you use?
 *  [Rod Walters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rod-walters/)
 * (@rod-walters)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-dropbox-api-403-unable-to-parse/#post-3751585)
 * Hi Daniel.
 * I’m using Version 3.0.13.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-dropbox-api-403-unable-to-parse/#post-3751586)
 * Hmm, it looks like that the Auth header of the request will be changed. For this
   i must do some debugging of a affected site. Than i need FTP and BAckend access.
 *  [Rod Walters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rod-walters/)
 * (@rod-walters)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-dropbox-api-403-unable-to-parse/#post-3751587)
 * What are the implications of this error?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-dropbox-api-403-unable-to-parse/#post-3751588)
 * When the error will printed? I think that the file will not be uploaded to Dropbox.

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 * [authorization](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/authorization/)

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 * Last reply from: [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-dropbox-api-403-unable-to-parse/#post-3751588)
 * Status: not resolved