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Ron B.15's avatar
Ron B.15
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

iOS SDK not uploading to folder path

I'm using "restClient.uploadFile(file, toPath: destPath, withParentRev: nil, fromPath: sourcePath)", where file="someFileName", destPath="somePathOnMyDropboxAccount", and sourcePath="someLocalFilePat...
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Ron B.15's avatar
Ron B.15
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Unfortunately, the example you cited in the tutorial shows how to upload to the root directory. That isn't the problem I'm having. I needed to know how to upload to something other than the root directory.

Through process of elimination, I figured out that I need to include the "/" prefix to my 'toPath:' parameter. Any path components before the "/" are apparently ignored.

Thanks for your help anyway.

 

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