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RJKinsman
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7 years ago
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How to capture the error message

I want to capture the error message so I can do different actions depending on the text.  I can't figure out how to code this.  Here's my code... if DropboxClientsManager.authorizedClient !=...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    7 years ago

    There's an example of breaking down the error like this in the readme here:

    https://github.com/dropbox/SwiftyDropbox#route-specific-errors

    That example is for the delete call, but the mechanic is the same. For getMetadata, the route-specific error type is GetMetadataError.

    Be sure to check out the section right after that for an example of handling higher-level errors too.

    You can make the error handling as broad or as specific as you wish by breaking out each case (or not).

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Greg-DB
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7 years ago

There's an example of breaking down the error like this in the readme here:

https://github.com/dropbox/SwiftyDropbox#route-specific-errors

That example is for the delete call, but the mechanic is the same. For getMetadata, the route-specific error type is GetMetadataError.

Be sure to check out the section right after that for an example of handling higher-level errors too.

You can make the error handling as broad or as specific as you wish by breaking out each case (or not).

  • RJKinsman's avatar
    RJKinsman
    Helpful | Level 6
    7 years ago

    Thanks again, Greg

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