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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 Dropbox and then this error occurs:
[UPLOAD] Wednesday 12 December 2018 07:43:50AM
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "pi_surveillance.py", line 126, 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 2187, 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('88dea4768f5b9c6b5cfc7e05ce25133d', UploadError('path', UploadWriteFailed
I was previously receiving a "malformed token" error, but it has since been replaced with this new error. Can anyone steer me in the right direction. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
delta1071
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-DB
Dropbox Staff
It looks like the output you shared here is cut off. There should be more after "UploadWriteFailed". Can you share the rest of that so we can take a look? Thanks in advance!
Sorry Greg, didn't notice that. Here's the entire error message:
[UPLOAD] Thursday 13 December 2018 03:13:03PM
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "pi_surveillance.py", line 126, 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 2187, 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('b61692b65ac6c9567e93b708e5b09354', UploadError('path', UploadWriteFailed(reason=WriteError('malformed_path', None), upload_session_id='AAAAAAAAAFpRjEudLSydjw')))Thanks,
delta1071
- Greg-DB
Thanks! I see you're getting a 'malformed_path' error. That should indicate that the path you're giving for the upload isn't in a valid format. What value are you supplying as the 'path' parameter (i.e., the second parameter on files_upload)?
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