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Michael-jamf
2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
When using upload/uploadsession I get a sessionDeinitialized from alamofire in Swift
When I try to send a test file using either upload or uploadSession I get a sessionDeinitialized error.
I edit the code to generate a file that is larger or smaller than the chunksize to test both of the conditions. This is all the code I have for dropbox. the testDropbox function is referenced in the ContentView where I pass the refreshtoken and appkeysecret. My team has this working in python, all with the same basic functionality.
Here is the code
import Foundation
import SwiftyDropbox
func testDropbox(token: String, secret: String){
let session = DropboxManager(refreshToken: token, appKeySecret: secret)
session.upload(file: NSHomeDirectory() + "/tmp/test2.txt", to: "/uploads")
}
func createDropboxToken(refreshToken:String, appKey:String) -> String {
// Create the command for refreshing the token
let dbRefreshCMD = "curl https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token -s -d grant_type=refresh_token -d refresh_token=\"\(refreshToken)\" -u \"\(appKey)\""
// Execute the command and parse the response
let task = Process()
let outputPipe = Pipe()
task.launchPath = "/bin/sh"
task.arguments = ["-c", dbRefreshCMD]
task.standardOutput = outputPipe
task.launch()
let outputData = outputPipe.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile()
let res = try! JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: outputData, options: []) as! [String: Any]
print(res)
// Print a message indicating that the Dropbox access token has been updated
print("\nUpdated Dropbox Access Token")
// Create a DropboxClient using the new access token and return it
let dropboxToken = res["access_token"] as! String
print(dropboxToken)
return dropboxToken
}
struct DropboxManager {
let dbxClient: DropboxClient
let accessToken: String
let chunkSize: UInt64
init(refreshToken dbToken: String, appKeySecret dbKey: String) {
chunkSize = (4 * (1024 * 1024))
accessToken = createDropboxToken(refreshToken: dbToken, appKey: dbKey)
// dbxClient = DropboxClient(accessToken: self.accessToken)
dbxClient = DropboxClient(accessToken: self.accessToken)
}
func upload(file filePath: String, to dbxLocation: String) {
let fileURL = URL(filePath: filePath)
let fileName = fileURL.lastPathComponent
let randomSize = 5 * 1024 * 1024
if (FileManager.default.createFile(atPath: filePath, contents: Data(count: randomSize), attributes: nil)) {
print("File created successfully.")
} else {
print("File not created.")
}
let fileSize = try? FileManager.default.attributesOfItem(atPath: filePath)[.size] as? uint64
// Check to see if file is smaller than chunksize
// FIXME: now getting this error ---- Only get this error if I add user to dropboxclient creation in init
// [request-id 5e4b4893ca1b4ace944138a9a1f4f399] Bad Input: Error in call to API function "files/upload_session/start": Unexpected select user header. Your app does not have permission to use this feature
if fileSize! < chunkSize {
dbxClient.files.upload(path: "\(dbxLocation)/\(fileName)", input: fileURL).response(completionHandler: { response, error in
if let response = response {
print("File uploaded: \(response)")
} else {
print("Error upload session: \(error!)")
}
})
.progress { progressData in print(progressData) }
print("small file")
} else {
// start the upload session
let session = dbxClient.files.uploadSessionStart(input: fileURL)
.response(completionHandler: { response, error in
if let result = response {
print(result)
var offset: UInt64 = 0
// Append chunks to file
while (offset <= (fileSize! - self.chunkSize)) {
//FIXME: sessionDeinitialized
self.dbxClient.files.uploadSessionAppendV2(cursor: Files.UploadSessionCursor(sessionId: result.sessionId, offset: offset), input: fileURL)
.response {response , error in
if let response = response {
print("File appended: \(response)")
} else {
print("Error appending data to file upload session: \(error!)")
}
}
.progress { progressData in print(progressData) }
offset += self.chunkSize
}
// Finish upload with last chunk
self.dbxClient.files.uploadSessionFinish(cursor: Files.UploadSessionCursor(sessionId: result.sessionId, offset: fileSize!), commit: Files.CommitInfo(path: "\(dbxLocation)/\(fileName)"), input: fileURL)
.response { response, error in
if let result = response {
print(result)
} else {
print(error!)
}
}
.progress { progressData in print(progressData) }
} else {
// the call failed
print(error!)
}
})
}
}
}
Okay managed to get it working with the examples that Dropbox has on their github. With no duplicate views. I think that was something on my end where the app wasnt actually closed or something.
This is for MacOS. If you want to use iOS I would recommend looking here. It worked out of the box for iOS.
ContentView.swift
import SwiftUI import SwiftyDropbox import AppKit struct ContentView: View { func myButtonInControllerPressed() { // OAuth 2 code flow with PKCE that grants a short-lived token with scopes, and performs refreshes of the token automatically. let scopeRequest = ScopeRequest(scopeType: .user, scopes: ["account_info.read"], includeGrantedScopes: false) DropboxClientsManager.authorizeFromControllerV2( sharedApplication: NSApplication.shared, controller: nil, loadingStatusDelegate: nil, openURL: {(url: URL) -> Void in NSWorkspace.shared.open(url)}, scopeRequest: scopeRequest ) } var body: some View { VStack { Button { myButtonInControllerPressed() } label: { Text("Test Dropbox Auth") } }.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity) } } struct ContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider { static var previews: some View { ContentView() } }
YOURAPPNAMEapp.swift
import SwiftUI import SwiftyDropbox @main struct dropboxClientApp: App { @NSApplicationDelegateAdaptor(AppDelegate.self) var appDelegate var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() } } } class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate { func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) { DropboxClientsManager.setupWithAppKeyDesktop("app-key") NSAppleEventManager.shared().setEventHandler(self, andSelector: #selector(handleGetURLEvent), forEventClass: AEEventClass(kInternetEventClass), andEventID: AEEventID(kAEGetURL)) } @objc func handleGetURLEvent(_ event: NSAppleEventDescriptor?, replyEvent: NSAppleEventDescriptor?) { if let aeEventDescriptor = event?.paramDescriptor(forKeyword: AEKeyword(keyDirectObject)) { if let urlStr = aeEventDescriptor.stringValue { let url = URL(string: urlStr)! let oauthCompletion: DropboxOAuthCompletion = { if let authResult = $0 { switch authResult { case .success: print("Success! User is logged into Dropbox.") case .cancel: print("Authorization flow was manually canceled by user!") case .error(_, let description): print("Error: \(String(describing: description))") } } } DropboxClientsManager.handleRedirectURL(url, completion: oauthCompletion) // this brings your application back the foreground on redirect NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true) } } } }
- Greg-DBDropbox Staff
According to the Alamofire documentation, sessionDeinitialized means:
Session which issued the Request was deinitialized, most likely because its reference went out of scope.
There's also a description about it here:
Session was invalidated without error, so it was likely deinitialized unexpectedly. \
Be sure to retain a reference to your Session for the duration of your requests.So, it sounds like your client object was released before the request could be completed; to fix that you'd need to update your code to keep your client object around while the request(s) complete. (Note that the requests are performed asynchronously.)
- Michael-jamfHelpful | Level 6
All the examples I have seen so far do not mention keeping a session alive.
An example from 2015.
The github docs to try out the api.
A github gist.
When I try to add `await` to the uploadstart all I get is "No 'async' operations occur within 'await' expression" or when I add it inside for the appendV2 I get "Cannot pass function of type '(Files.UploadSessionStartResult?, CallError<Files.UploadSessionStartError>?) async -> Void' to parameter expecting synchronous function type"
Even tried the create folder and download
func createFolder(path: String) { dbxClient.files.createFolderV2(path: path).response { response, error in if let response = response { print(response) } else if let error = error { print(error) } } } func downloadFile(path: String) { dbxClient.files.download(path: path).response { response, error in if let response = response { print(response) } else if let error = error { print(error) } } }
What am I missing?
- Greg-DBDropbox Staff
This isn't a matter of changing your code to use 'async'/'await' operations. This issue occurs when the client variable itself is deinitialized, which severs the network connection performing the API call.
In typical cases, the app would use the authorizeFromControllerV2 method and get the client from the authorizedClient singleton like in the readme, which would make this easier. I see you're not using that flow though; you can certainly create and manage your own client object as you do, but you'll need to make sure you keep a reference to it for the entire lifetime of the requests so that they can complete successfully.
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