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Retrieve a folder from the device's file system

Example Usage

byte[] folder = driver.pullFolder("/path/to/device/foo.bar");

folder_base64 = self.driver.pull_folder('/path/to/device/foo.bar');

// webdriver.io example
let data = driver.pullFolder('/data/local/tmp/file.txt');

// wd example
let folderBase64 = await driver.pullFolder('/path/to/device/foo.bar');

# ruby_lib example
pull_folder('/data/local/tmp/file.txt')

# ruby_lib_core example
@driver.pull_folder('/data/local/tmp/file.txt')

byte[] folder = driver.PullFolder("/path/to/device");

Support

Appium Server

Platform Driver Platform Versions Appium Version Driver Version
iOS XCUITest 9.3+ 1.6.0+ All
UIAutomation 8.0 to 9.3 All All
Android Espresso ?+ 1.9.0+ All
UiAutomator2 ?+ 1.6.0+ All
UiAutomator 4.3+ All All
Mac Mac None None None
Windows Windows None None None

Appium Clients

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Java All appium.github.io
Python All appium.github.io
Javascript (WebdriverIO) All
Javascript (WD) All github.com
Ruby All www.rubydoc.info
C# All github.com

HTTP API Specifications

Endpoint

POST /session/:session_id/appium/device/pull_folder

URL Parameters

name description
session_id ID of the session to route the command to

JSON Parameters

name type description
path string Path to an entire folder on the device

Response

A string of Base64 encoded data, representing a zip archive of the contents of the requested folder. (string)

See Also