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API raises exception when uploading big files in session
Hi, I have been trying for a few days to upload a big file into my Dropbox account using the python API, i have tried using the following code: f = open(file_path)
file_size = os.path.getsize(file_...
Steve M.
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThe root should be "", not "/".
whenever i try to use "" as the root dir I get:
dropbox.stone_validators.ValidationError: '' did not match pattern '(/(.|[\r\n])*)|(ns:[0-9]+(/.*)?)'
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Note that when uploading a file, the path you supply should be the entire desired path for the uploaded file, including the file name. I.e., you shouldn't just specify the root path.
For example, to upload a file named "myfile.txt" to the root, your dest_path should be "/myfile.txt". Or, to upload it into a "Documents" folder, the path would be "/Documents/myfile.txt".
(Steve is correct that when identify the root itself though, you would just use "", but that doesn't apply here since this particular call needs the full path for the file.)
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