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snaidamast
5 years agoExplorer | Level 3
DropBox API Async Call, "DropBoxClient.Files.DownloadAsync" will not throw an exception (solution)
Issue: I have been using DropBox for the storage of my new document management application's installation file as well as for updated, individual files that can be downloaded at a later date (after ...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
While you can certainly call GetMetadataAsync first, you should be able to directly catch an exception from DownloadAsync in the Dropbox .NET SDK using a catch block.
I just gave this a try myself using the latest version of the Dropbox .NET SDK, currently v5.0.0, and it is working for me. I am able to catch the exception from DownloadAsync and see the 'path/not_found' error, without my app's execution ending.
Can you let us know more about the issue you're seeing so we can look into it? For instance, please share:
- the name and version number of your environment, e.g., what Visual Studio you're using
- the steps to reproduce the issue, such as the relevant code snippet(s)
- the full error/output you get
Thanks!
snaidamast
5 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi Greg:
I am also using the 5.0.0 version of the DropBox API.
And yet with the DownloadAsync call, if a "path not found" error is thrown, the entire application abrubtly ends. This is not occurring with the GetMetadataAsync call.
I am developing in VB.NET with Visual Studio 2019 under .NET Framework 4.6.
There is nothing I can show you since there are no error messages that are being displayed in any way. I just try to manual trap such a situation when I am testing the applictaion...
- Greg-DB5 years agoDropbox Staff
Can you also share the relevant code showing how you're making the call and attempting to catch the exception so we can try to reproduce that the same way here? Thanks in advance!
- snaidamast5 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Here is my code...
Private Async Sub Dropbox_DownloadApplicationFiles(ByVal poDropboxMethodDataStructure As DropboxMethodDataStructure) Dim liResult As Integer = 0 Dim lsApplicationDirectory As String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath + "\" Dim loFileByteArray As Object Dim loDropboxMethodDataStructure As New DropboxMethodDataStructure() Dim loDropBoxClient As DropboxClient Dim loDropBoxClientResponse As Object Try loDropboxMethodDataStructure.RESULT = 0 loDropBoxClient = New DropboxClient(csDropBoxUserAccessToken) For Each lsFileName As String In poDropboxMethodDataStructure.FILE_NAMES_ARRAYLIST ' test for existence of dropbox file (if file not found (path not found error), this async call will throw an exception loDropBoxClientResponse = Await loDropBoxClient.Files.GetMetadataAsync("/CDOCS" + "/" + lsFileName) ' download dropbox file (this async call will NOT throw an exception loDropBoxClientResponse = Await loDropBoxClient.Files.DownloadAsync("/CDOCS" + "/" + lsFileName) ' write dropbox file to application directory loFileByteArray = Await loDropBoxClientResponse.GetContentAsByteArrayAsync() System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(lsApplicationDirectory + "\" + lsFileName, loFileByteArray) ' TESTING ONLY !!! If (lsFileName.Equals("CDOCS.exe")) Then Exit For End If Next Catch loDropboxException As DropboxException loDropboxMethodDataStructure.RESULT = -2 loDropboxMethodDataStructure.METHOD_MESSAGE = "APPLICATION UPDATE ERROR!!! (Method: Dropbox_DownloadApplicationFiles): " + loDropboxException.Message + Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine + "Please contact Black Falcon Software..." Catch loException As Exception loDropboxMethodDataStructure.RESULT = -1 loDropboxMethodDataStructure.METHOD_MESSAGE = "APPLICATION UPDATE ERROR!!! (Method: Dropbox_DownloadApplicationFiles): " + loException.Message + Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine + "Please contact Black Falcon Software..." End Try liResult = loDropboxMethodDataStructure.RESULT If (liResult < 0) Then Console.WriteLine("") Console.WriteLine("") Console.WriteLine("") Console.WriteLine("--------------") Console.WriteLine("-- ERROR!!! --") Console.WriteLine("--------------") Console.WriteLine(loDropboxMethodDataStructure.METHOD_MESSAGE) Console.WriteLine("--------------") Console.WriteLine("") Console.WriteLine("") Console.WriteLine("Press any key to end application...") Console.ReadLine() End End If ' --- ' end of async processes -> display success message ' --- Console.WriteLine("CDOCS Application update completed successfully... Please press any key to launch the CDOCS application...") Console.ReadLine() End Sub
- Greg-DB5 years agoDropbox Staff
Thanks! We'll work on reproducing the issue using this.
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