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malformed_path issue?
Hi there, How do I resolve this??
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "pi_surveillance.py", line 123, in <module>
client.files_upload(open(t.path, "rb").read(), path)
File "/home/pi/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/dropbox/base.py", line 2293, in files_upload
f,
File "/home/pi/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/dropbox/dropbox.py", line 296, in request
user_message_locale)
dropbox.exceptions.ApiError: ApiError('ec8156314fa260e143cde3a973d063a7', UploadError('path', UploadWriteFailed(reason=WriteError('malformed_path', None), upload_session_id='AAAAAAAAABYIi23EoDg86Q')))
I named my base path conf file as according to the answer in this theme:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Developer-API/Python-3-5-API-upload-error/m-p/317699#M345
my conf file: "dropbox_base_path": "/HomeSec",
(I have a dropbox folder named HomeSec)
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54846821/how-to-solve-writeerror-for-dropbox ]
I see that delta1071 already helped out on the other thread. It sounds like the issue may be that you're using "/HomeSec" as your "dropbox_base_path", which results in an extra leading slash, given the formatting: "/{base_path}/{timestamp}.jpg".
for others coming across this via search engine check that your path is free of trailing whitespace
Thanks for posting this, Kevin. This appears to have been the issue for me with an automation to make new folders in Dropbox.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54846821/how-to-solve-writeerror-for-dropbox ]
I see that delta1071 already helped out on the other thread. It sounds like the issue may be that you're using "/HomeSec" as your "dropbox_base_path", which results in an extra leading slash, given the formatting: "/{base_path}/{timestamp}.jpg".
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