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Mark L.45's avatar
Mark L.45
Collaborator | Level 9
8 years ago

Renaming a file/folder using swifty dropbox

Hi,

 

Sorry, a stupid question. I want to rename a file within my dropbox using the swifty dropbox API. But I don't find a rename method and I wanted to check with you the procedure I should be using? 

 

Thanks

Mark

  • Hi Mark, you can use the move method to rename files or folders.

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    Hi Mark, you can use the move method to rename files or folders.

  • Mark L.45's avatar
    Mark L.45
    Collaborator | Level 9

    Thanks Greg,

     

    Here the bear bones code for your readers I put togther; it swaps two files.

     

    let randx = Int(arc4random_uniform(32768))
    let sourcePathC = sourcePathB + String(randx)
    let client = DropboxClientsManager.authorizedClient!
    _ = client.files.move(fromPath: sourcePathA, toPath: sourcePathC, allowSharedFolder: false, autorename: true)
      .response { response, error in
      self.theApp.isNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible = true
      if let response = response {
        _ = client.files.move(fromPath: sourcePathB, toPath: sourcePathA, allowSharedFolder: false, autorename: true)
        .response { response, error in
        if let response = response {
          _ = client.files.move(fromPath: sourcePathC, toPath: sourcePathB, allowSharedFolder: false, autorename: true)
          .response { response, error in
          if let response = response {
            self.theApp.isNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible = false
          }
        }
      }
    }
    }
    }

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