Syncing Papership to Box.com to access Zotero library
I've been trying to setup Papership to sync with box.com so I can access my library on my iPad, but nothing seems to work. Papership was recently updated, and I can see other users on the forums saying its working, so I'm wondering why mine does.
Under Zotero File Hosting, I select "box.com" and enter the following:
URL: https://dav.[blocked]box.com/dav
Username: [email address] (I have no username with box.com, just my email
Password: [password]
I click on "Verify Server", but it always pops up with "Cannot Verify server. Please check your server credentials. (Cannot decode raw data)"
I've tried also with the WebDAV tab, but nothing works. How can I get it to sync?
Thanks
Under Zotero File Hosting, I select "box.com" and enter the following:
URL: https://dav.[blocked]box.com/dav
Username: [email address] (I have no username with box.com, just my email
Password: [password]
I click on "Verify Server", but it always pops up with "Cannot Verify server. Please check your server credentials. (Cannot decode raw data)"
I've tried also with the WebDAV tab, but nothing works. How can I get it to sync?
Thanks
Papership received a small update at the end of last year. I've been testing Papership for ~6 months or so. It wasn't working last year, it's still not working. I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong and why it's working for other people.
Perhaps it has something to do with Zotero 5, like dstillman mentioned. Pity. Wish we could get a Zotero app on iOS (someday!).
Regarding the sync problem with box.com, and other WebDAV providers: Just create a blank txt file and name it "lastsync" -> hence -> lastsync.txt. upload this file to the zotero sync folder in Box.
If you open the app and scroll down to the bottom, it will say "PaperShip v3.8.3 (167), © 2013-2016", which is the same version from the version history from June 2016. That's the last time the app was updated.
Just create a blank txt file and name it "lastsync" -> hence -> lastsync.txt. upload this file to the zotero sync folder in Box.
We use an uptodate Zotero 5 Library that syncs well from Mac Desktop Standalone 5 to our own WebDAV Server on Linux (Apache 2).
We recently had issues syncing to latest Papership on iOS. We failed to Verify Server in Papership while all access data seems to be correct and was working before.
We could fix that by adding the empty lastsync.txt file to the zotero directory.
This is now working/syncing well over https.
Papership seems to explicitly check the presence of this file to verify access. The sync works differently since Zotero 5. It may therefore be that this file is missing after a full rebuild of the WebDAV Storage.
Have luck! But better RTFM and search the web...