storage_api The file could not be uploaded

Question

I'm attempting to upload a a file using a custom context type that uses the storage class i defined thru the storage_api module. For some reason the upload of an image to it is failing with "The file could not be uploaded." I have the local file system as the initial container and should propagate to an s3 bucket after the upload.

I've tried the built in Content>Media> add file and that works fine. i think the file lands in public:// However I want to use the storage class from the storage_api.

I see the following in the dblog when i attempt the file upload that fails:

Message: The upload directory storage-field-corp-image: for the file field field_corp_image could not be created or is not accessible. A newly uploaded file could not be saved in this directory as a consequence, and the upload was canceled.

Not sure where to go from here.

Answer 1

Found the issue. Turns out the Directory Path in the local container, which is the initial container, for the storage class the content type is using NEEDS to have a trailing slash. As in:

sites/default/files/storage/

instead of:

sites/default/files/storage

it's that picky. and the log does not say its the issue. it just says it had trouble accessing the field. I found it by trial and error.

I hope this helps someone.