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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.
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This question has already been answered at https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Developer-API/Python-3-5-API-upload-error/m-p/317699#M345.
In my conf.json file, the dropbox_base_path reads: "Apps/Pi Image Search/Pi/Surveillance", because my Dropbox home account contains a folder named "Apps", which contains a folder named "Pi Image Search", which contains a folder named "Pi", which contains a folder named "Surveillance", which is where my images are uploaded to. Note that there is no leading "/" and that paths that contain folder/filenames with spaces in them must be surrounded by quote marks. Hope this info makes the "dropbox_base_path" variable a little easier to understand.
delta1071
- Greg-DB
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randysandy209 I see you also posted another thread for this:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Developer-API/malformed-path-issue/m-p/330481#M491
Please feel free to follow up there if you have any remaining questions after the help that delta1071 gave.
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