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joost2076
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

download blob using dropbox Saver

Hi,

I am trying to use the dropbox Saver (https://www.dropbox.com/developers/saver) to download a json blob from my desktop (ubuntu).

 

This leads to an error:  Url "blob:http://localhost:5000/f58ddb0b-48ed-46ab-87b3-f45a1ee8a7df" uses unsupported scheme

 

Is it possible to download a blob using Saver ? If so, any ideas what I am doing wrong? 

The code i used is as follows: with url = blob:http://localhost:5000/f58ddb0b-48ed-46ab-87b3-f45a1ee8a7df", and filename = "yourmap.json"

 

Thanks, 

Joost

 

function create_dropbox_save_button(url, mapname){
    var options = {  
        success: function () {
            // Indicate to the user that the files have been saved.
            alert("Success! Files saved to your Dropbox.");
        },
        progress: function (progress) {console.log(progress)},
        cancel: function () {},
        error: function (errorMessage) {console.log(errorMessage)}
    };
    var button = Dropbox.createSaveButton(url, mapname, options);
    document.getElementById("dl_dropbox").appendChild(button);
}

 

  • The Dropbox Saver doesn't support blobs, local files, or data URIs unfortunately, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    The Dropbox Saver doesn't support blobs, local files, or data URIs unfortunately, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.
    • blurymind's avatar
      blurymind
      New member | Level 2

      Hi, I need this too in order toimplement saving to db from https://yarnspinnertool.github.io/YarnEditor/

      Is there an alternative approach to blobs? I want to write a simple string from my webapp to a dropbox folder - as a text file. Is that possible or not? If so how and why is your documentation lacking a simple example?

      • Greg-DB's avatar
        Greg-DB
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        blurymind No, the Dropbox Saver still doesn't support saving blobs, or some other local alternative. I'll add your vote to the feature request, but I can't promise if or when that might be implemented.

        The Dropbox Saver only supports saving from Internet-accessible URLs. If you want to use the Saver to save a text file, you'll need to supply the data via an Internet-accessible URL.

        Alternatively, you can use the Dropbox API, e.g., via the official Dropbox JavaScript SDK, to upload directly to Dropbox from the browser, but that would be more work and would require you to have the user explicitly authorize the app via the OAuth app authorization flow. 

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