NSURLErrorDomain error -3001

Question

I'm trying to download a file from the internet, but I get the error -3001 back. I've been searching through google but the error doesn't appear on any website, so i have no idea what it means.

Can anyone tell me what the error code "NSURLErrorDomain error -3001" means?

Thanks

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '10 at 14:10

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There's also a full list of all NSURL error codes here. It's very handy when you get cryptic error messages from the URL loading system.

answered Jun 01 '10 at 14:10

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thanks - the applescript did the trick, but the list is useful too :) – Pripyat Jun 01 '10 at 15:52
David Schiefer: The documentation also explains what the codes mean, beyond just their names. – Peter Hosey Jun 04 '10 at 07:15

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '14 at 16:58

The error comes from the fact that setDestination expects a full path with a filename:

This is wrong:

[fileDl setDestination:@"/Users/ant/ebooks/" allowOverwrite:YES];

This is right:

[fileDl setDestination:@"/Users/ant/ebooks/file.epub" allowOverwrite:YES];

So the explanation is that probably you did something like I did: specify an existing folder where you intended to put the data.

PS: the dash before 3001 prevents Google from returning any results with the request: "NSURLErrorDomain error -3001", it is parsed as: "NSURLErrorDomain and error and not 3001"..

I'm getting this same error, but only on certain machines, not others, and am already specifying a full path including the filename. Any clue what could be a contributing factor? Do spaces in the file path, i.e. `.../Application Support/...` need to be escaped? — Jonathan Head, Jul 10 '15 at 03:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '10 at 13:18

I wrote an applescript awhile back that can search the header files for error codes. You can find the applescript here.

I ran that applescript for your error code and got this from the CFNetworkError.h file.

Error Description: kCFURLErrorCannotOpenFile

NSURLErrorDomain error -3001

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