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jmccolgan93
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Uploaded Files are Currupt (Flask, Python)

Hey, guys so I'm experimenting with the Dropbox python API using Flask. I managed to upload files but all the files I've uploaded are only 16 bytes in size and are unable to be opened. here's the cod...
  • TaylorKrusen's avatar
    5 years ago

    Hi!

     

    When you call file_upload, you're actually uploading the file's name as a string. Each file is coming out to 16 bytes because the strings are being generated by secure_filename and are probably a standard length.

     

    You can fix it by changing the first variable you're passing to file_upload.

            dbx_client.files_upload(f.encode(), path)

    should be

            dbx_client.files_upload(uploadedfile.encode(), path)
    

    It looks like you're just working with the filename 

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