Error code 1 means that the file was not found.
You need to get the application directory that your app is stored in. That is where your files will be e.g.
var imagePath = 'file:///var/mobile/Applications/E50F2661-798B-4F7D-9E6D- BCC266286934/tmp/cdv_photo_011.jpg'
FileErrors = {
1: 'File not found',
2: 'Security error',
3: 'Action Aborted',
4: 'File not readable',
5: 'Encoding error',
6: 'No modification allowed',
7: 'Invalid state error',
8: 'Syntax error',
9: 'Invalid modification error',
10: 'Quota Exceeded',
11: 'Type mismatch',
12: 'Path exists'
};
// extract the application directory from the full path
findApplicationDirectory = function (imagePath) {
var dir
, index = fullPath.indexOf('file:///') > -1 ? 6 : 4
if(fullPath.indexOf('/') > -1){
fullPath = fullPath.split('/')
if(fullPath[index]){
dir = fullPath[index]
}
}
return dir
}
// downloads a file from the server
// @param {string} url
// @param {string} filePath
// @param {function} callback
downloadFile = function (url, fileName, callback){
getApplicationDirectory(function (applicationDirectory){
var downloader = new FileTransfer()
, fileLocation = findApplicationDirectory(imagePath) + '/' + fileName;
downloader.download(
url,
fileLocation,
function(entry) {
console.log("-- downloadFile: download complete: " + entry.fullPath);
if(typeof callback == 'function'){
console.log('-- getFile: calling back');
callback.call(this, entry.fullPath);
}
},
function(error) {
console.log("-- downloadFile: fileLocation " + fileLocation);
console.log("-- downloadFile: download error source " + error.source);
console.log("-- downloadFile: download error target " + error.target);
console.log("-- downloadFile: download error code " + FileErrors[error.code]);
}
);
});
};
Make sure you have access to the Documents folder on iOS by adding UIFileSharingEnabled= "Application supports iTunes file sharing" to your project plist. Then you can see the contents of your App's documents folder by running your app on a device, connecting it to iTunes and under you device's list of apps finding your app.
To copy any file into the /Documents directory you can use the following
// move photo to documents directory
// @param {string} imagePath
// @return {string} newImagePath
// usage savePhotoToDocuments(imagePath).done(function (newImagePath) { }).fail(function () { })
savePhotoToDocuments = function (imagePath){
function onFileSystemSuccess(fileSystem) {
console.log('onFileSystemSuccess: fileSystem.name ' + fileSystem.name);
window.resolveLocalFileSystemURI(directoryPath, onGetDocumentDirectorySuccess, onGetDocumentDirectoryFail)
}
function onFileSystemFail(error){
console.log('onFileSystemFail: ' + FileErrors[error.code])
promise.reject(error)
}
function onResolveSuccess(fileEntry) {
imageFileEntry = fileEntry
imageFileEntry.copyTo(documentDirectory, newImageName, onCopyToSuccess, onCopyToFailed)
console.log('onResolveSuccess: ' + fileEntry);
}
function onResolveFail(error) {
console.log('onResolveFail: ' + FileErrors[error.code]);
promise.reject(error)
}
function onGetDocumentDirectoryFail (error){
console.log('onGetDocumentDirectoryFail: ' + FileErrors[error.code]);
promise.reject(error)
}
function onGetDocumentDirectorySuccess (directoryEntry){
documentDirectory = directoryEntry
console.log('onGetDocumentDirectorySuccess')
window.resolveLocalFileSystemURI(imagePath, onResolveSuccess, onResolveFail)
}
function onCopyToSuccess (fileEntry) {
console.log('-- savePhotoToDocuments: onCopyToSuccess')
promise.resolve(newImagePath)
}
function onCopyToFailed (error){
console.log('-- savePhotoToDocuments: onCopyToFailed - ' + FileErrors[error.code])
// invalid modification error
// meaning the file already exists
if(error.code != 9){
promise.reject(error)
} else {
promise.resolve(newImagePath)
}
}
var imageFileEntry
, documentDirectory
, promise = $.Deferred()
//, imagePath = 'file:///var/mobile/Applications/E50F2651-798B-4F7D-9E6D-BCC266286934/tmp/cdv_photo_011.jpg'
, imageName = imagePath.substring(imagePath.lastIndexOf('/')+1)
, newImageName = Date.now() + '_' + imageName
, directoryPath = 'file:///var/mobile/Applications/' + findApplicationDirectory(imagePath) + '/Documents'
, newImagePath = directoryPath + '/' + newImageName
window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0, onFileSystemSuccess, onFileSystemFail)
return promise
}