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can anybody tell me a way to search a specific folder in dropbox to populate an array of strings with the filenames in that folder? Im trying to implement a way for users to search for a file in a dr...
- I finally got it! lol Thank you so much for you time and help. It has been greatly appreciated and a learning experience for me. I ended up using "//" as my path and it works perfect.
Cheers!
Kevin
I was trying the search func that returns a SearchResult but I couldnt get it working. here is some of my code.
hope this helps. I really appreciate your help
// MARK: - UISearchBarDelegate
func searchBar(_ searchBar: UISearchBar, textDidChange searchText: String) {
var data = [String]()
// IN HERE I WANT TO SEARCH MY APPS FOLDER IN DROPBOX AND POPULATE THE "data" STRING ARRAY WITH THE FILE NAMES OF ALL THE FILES IN THE FOLDER
filtered = data.filter({ (text) -> Bool in
let tmp: NSString = text as NSString
let range = tmp.range(of: searchText, options: NSString.CompareOptions.caseInsensitive)
return range.location != NSNotFound
})
if(filtered.count == 0){
searchActive = false
} else {
searchActive = true
}
searchTableView.reloadData()
// These next two lines dynamicaly adjust the Search TableView's height
super.updateViewConstraints()
self.searchTableViewHeightConstraint?.constant = self.searchTableView.contentSize.height
}
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorI don't see in your code where you're attempting the search call. Can you share that part? Thanks!
func searchBar(_ searchBar: UISearchBar, textDidChange searchText: String) { var data = [String]()
data = search(path: "/stuckbykev/", query: searchText, start: 0, maxResults: 100, mode: .filename) filtered = data.filter({ (text) -> Bool in let tmp: NSString = text as NSString let range = tmp.range(of: searchText, options: NSString.CompareOptions.caseInsensitive) return range.location != NSNotFound }) if(filtered.count == 0){ searchActive = false } else { searchActive = true } searchTableView.reloadData() // These next two lines dynamicaly adjust the Search TableView's height super.updateViewConstraints() self.searchTableViewHeightConstraint?.constant = self.searchTableView.contentSize.height } @discardableResult open func search(path: String, query: String, start: UInt64 = 0, maxResults: UInt64 = 100, mode: Files.SearchMode = .filename) -> RpcRequest<Files.SearchResultSerializer, Files.SearchErrorSerializer> { return RpcRequest }- Im thinking ListFolderResults is more what I'm looking for?
- Greg-DB
Thanks! Is that the exact code you're trying though? I don't see the Dropbox client object itself. You just seem to be calling a separate search method. Also, note that you need to implement the response callback. Just taking the return value won't give you what you're looking for.
The search method is an RPC-style call, so it would look like this:
https://github.com/dropbox/SwiftyDropbox#rpc-style-request
The Xcode autocomplete should also help with the parameters and response callback.
If you want to search for a particular string, that is the right method. Alternatively, if you want to just list everything in a folder, listFolder and listFolderContinue would be better.
ok here is my code now. ive been trying a few different things. but the RPC request was throwing me off.
// MARK: - UISearchBarDelegate var data = Array<Files.Metadata>() var namesList = [String]() var filtered = [String]() func searchBar(_ searchBar: UISearchBar, textDidChange searchText: String) { // Verify user is logged into Dropbox if let dropboxClient = DropboxClientsManager.authorizedClient { // List folder contents and append to string array for return dropboxClient.files.listFolder(path: "stuckbykev/").response { response, error in if let response = response { print(response) self.data = response.entries for file in self.data { self.namesList.append(file.name) } } else if let error = error { print(error) } } } print(namesList) filtered = namesList.filter({ (text) -> Bool in let tmp: NSString = text as NSString let range = tmp.range(of: searchText, options: NSString.CompareOptions.caseInsensitive) return range.location != NSNotFound }) if(filtered.count == 0){ searchActive = false } else { searchActive = true } searchTableView.reloadData() // These next two lines dynamicaly adjust the Search TableView's height super.updateViewConstraints() self.searchTableViewHeightConstraint?.constant = self.searchTableView.contentSize.height }This is the error showing in the console, I think its a problem with my path string:
precondition failed: "stuckbykev/ must match pattern "\A(?:(/(.|[\r\n])*)?|(ns:[0-9]+(/.*)?))\z": file /Users/Kevin/Desktop/SwiftyDropbox-master/Source/SwiftyDropbox/PlatformNeutral/StoneValidators.swift, line 9
thanks again for all your help Greg!
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