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Sega
7 years agoNew member | Level 2
filesUpload gives corrupted file
Hello,
I'm want to use the Dropbox API/SDK in one of my projects. I have to convert a base64 string I'm getting from my webcam as a screenshot into a real image and then upload it to Dropbox. (I'm more a Designer than a coder, so if I mismatch something - sorry for that.)
Following the code I'm currently using:
const base64File = this.webcam.getScreenshot() const dbx = new Dropbox({ accessToken: this.state.dropboxToken }) const i = base64File.indexOf('base64,') const buffer = Buffer.from(base64File.slice(i + 7), 'base64') const name = 'test.png' const file = new File(buffer, name, { type: 'image/png'}) dbx.filesUpload({path: '/' + file.name, contents: file}) .then(function (response) { console.log(response) }) .catch(function (error) { console.error('dropbox error', error) })
Right now, I'm getting a .png file with 1.2 MByte size but I can't open it.
If I'm using "file.buffer" in "contents" in the filesUpload function I'm getting a zero size file.
I'm glad for every help I can get. Thanks!
I believe you should just supply the buffer directly, so all you need to do is:
const base64File = this.webcam.getScreenshot() const dbx = new Dropbox({ accessToken: this.state.dropboxToken }) const i = base64File.indexOf('base64,') const buffer = Buffer.from(base64File.slice(i + 7), 'base64') const name = 'test.png' dbx.filesUpload({path: '/' + name, contents: buffer}) .then(function (response) { console.log(response) }) .catch(function (error) { console.error('dropbox error', error) })
- Greg-DBDropbox Staff
I believe you should just supply the buffer directly, so all you need to do is:
const base64File = this.webcam.getScreenshot() const dbx = new Dropbox({ accessToken: this.state.dropboxToken }) const i = base64File.indexOf('base64,') const buffer = Buffer.from(base64File.slice(i + 7), 'base64') const name = 'test.png' dbx.filesUpload({path: '/' + name, contents: buffer}) .then(function (response) { console.log(response) }) .catch(function (error) { console.error('dropbox error', error) })
- SegaNew member | Level 2That was it! Thanks!
Stupid that i just tried the two options and not the third option..
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