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Python 3.5 API upload error
I'm using a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ with the a Pi Camera to record surveillance images and occasionally upload them to my Dropbox account. The Python script runs until it's time to upload the images to Dro...
Thanks! I see you're referencing a Dropbox web site URL in your path. When identifying files by path on the Dropbox API, you should not use Dropbox web site URLs like this.
You only need to write them relative to "root", so e.g., you might use a value like "/Pi Image Search/123.jpg", to upload a file into a folder named "Pi Image Search", or just "/123.jpg" to upload a file into whatever root your app has.
Greg,
My conf.json file contains this Dropbox entry:
"use_dropbox": true,
"dropbox_access_token": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"dropbox_base_path": "https://www.dropbox.com/home/Pi%20Image%20Search",
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThanks! I see you're referencing a Dropbox web site URL in your path. When identifying files by path on the Dropbox API, you should not use Dropbox web site URLs like this.
You only need to write them relative to "root", so e.g., you might use a value like "/Pi Image Search/123.jpg", to upload a file into a folder named "Pi Image Search", or just "/123.jpg" to upload a file into whatever root your app has.
The files are uploading now. It seems like it takes a while before the files appear in my Dropbox folder, because even after changing the upload path, the images were showing up in the local folder folder that I was running the script from, but not in the Dropbox folder. But when I checked the Dropbox folder today, the images from Friday morning were there. So, I assume it's working now. Thanks for your help.
Regards,
delta1071
- Greg-DB
I'm glad to hear you have this working now.
For reference though, note that the files uploaded via the Dropbox API should be available on the Dropbox API/web site as soon as the upload API call returns.
If you weren't seeing the file immediately on the Dropbox web site or a mobile client, it's possible you just needed to refresh, or if you were looking on a desktop client, you may have some general desktop syncing issues.
Hi there,
I am receiving a WriteError for a malformed path:
UploadError('path', UploadWriteFailed(reason=WriteError('malformed_path', None), ))
"dropbox_base_path": "/HomeSec",
Any ideas where I am going wrong?
This question has already been answered at https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Developer-API/Python-3-5-API-upload-error/m-p/317699#M345.
In my conf.json file, the dropbox_base_path reads: "Apps/Pi Image Search/Pi/Surveillance", because my Dropbox home account contains a folder named "Apps", which contains a folder named "Pi Image Search", which contains a folder named "Pi", which contains a folder named "Surveillance", which is where my images are uploaded to. Note that there is no leading "/" and that paths that contain folder/filenames with spaces in them must be surrounded by quote marks. Hope this info makes the "dropbox_base_path" variable a little easier to understand.
delta1071
- Greg-DB
randysandy209 I see you also posted another thread for this:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Developer-API/malformed-path-issue/m-p/330481#M491
Please feel free to follow up there if you have any remaining questions after the help that delta1071 gave.
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