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Download file with special characters
Hello I have problem while downloading the file using .net dropbox API. The file contains special charaters any suggestion how to download a file with special charaters using Dropbox API. While try...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffI just tried this using DownloadAsync (example here) and it worked correctly for me.
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Hello
The file name is "Tiny, Tone - (In DropBox) sample.pdf". Which is in my dropbox while downloading this file using Donwloadasync() it throws an error "path/malformed_path/".
I am using .Net Dropbox.API version 4.9.3.
Sample Code:
string folder = "Test";
string file = "Tiny, Tone - (In DropBox) sample.pdf";
using (var response = await dbx.Files.DownloadAsync("/" + folder + "/" + file))
{
using (var fileStream = File.Create(@"C:\" + "sample.pdf"))
{
(await response.GetContentAsStreamAsync()).CopyTo(fileStream);
}
}
- Greg-DB
Is that the exact code you're running? I just tried it with v4.9.3 of the .NET SDK, and it worked fine for me.
A 'malformed_path' error indicates that the supplied path isn't in a valid format. The path "/Test/Tiny, Tone - (In DropBox) sample.pdf" is valid though, which is why I'm wondering if this code isn't exactly the same as what's running in your app.
Yes it is the exact code i am running on my machine. I tried by removing "-" from the file then it worked for me.
- Greg-DB
I'm glad to hear you were able to get this working.
It should work with a "-" in the filename though. I tried that and it did work for me.
If you want to continue to try to get that working, please share a small sample project that reproduces the issue so we can reproduce and investigate it here.
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