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Download not able to find file when exists
Building an app using xcode and objective c. I have been able to successfully get my backup sqlite file to upload but when attempting to use a download I am getting an error saying the file could ...
I see, thanks for sharing the output. This error isn't actually reporting an issue with the remote path (indeed "/backups/mydatabase.sqlite" looks correct) but rather with the local path for the downloaded file.
What version number of the SDK do you have installed? There were some bugs like this previously, but they should be resolved in the latest versions. If you're not already using the latest version (currently v.3.9.2) please update and try again.
Greg-DB
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Dropbox Community Moderator[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53815606/objective-c-dropbox-sdk-v2-downloading-file-not-found ]
When referencing files by path using the Dropbox API, the path should be relative to whatever root your app has. For instance, if your app is registered for the "app folder" permission, its root is the app folder itself. That means you don't need to specify the path to the app folder, as that's handled automatically.
So, for instance, if you can see the file on the Dropbox web site under 'Apps > MyAppName > SomeFolderName > file.ext', to download that file via the API using your app folder app, you would supply just "/SomeFolderName/file.ext".
Preferrably though, you would just use the value supplied by the API itself. For instance, if you successfully upload a file, the upload method will return the metadata for the uploaded file. You can use the DBFILESMetadata.pathLower value directly as the path value elsewhere, such as when downloading the file again later.
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