Pull file from ios device

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Is the driver.pull_file(/path) method available for android and ios?

I tried to use the same for ios and I get the below error

File “/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py”, line 173, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File “/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/appium/webdriver/errorhandler.py”, line 29, in check_response
raise wde
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: u"ERROR running Appium command: Cannot call method ‘getDirs’ of undefined"

What is the format for ios?

driver.pull_file(Documents/myfile) ?
driver.pull_file(/My Device/my app/Documents/myfile) ?

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@jonahss
Sorry about dragging you here.
On a different topic you mentioned “Hmmm. You could try using the pullFile command to download and open the AndroidManifest file for the app”

Can this pullFile be used only for Android?

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PullFile should work on android and iOS simulators, not real devices.

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If pullFile works on Simulators/Emulators, is there any support from Appium to download/pull file from real devices?

As far as i know emulators contain only some image files. How can i get any app specific file from this image file?

I know using DDMS from eclipse plugin, we can see package and respective app specific data, but how can we do with avd image files w.r.t to atleast Windows OS.

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PullFile should work on android real devices, as long as the file you want to pull has its permissions set to allow a user using adb to pull the file.

PullFile on iOS devices currently not implemented, and I’m not sure how possible it is given apple’s security/sandboxing practices.

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Jonahss,

I know this is not right place to post this question here, but i am eagerly waiting your inputs so asking here in this thread.

Can you please help me/provide me the right direction for the below query.
Run appium tests parallely

i waited couple of days to get the answer but didnt get it so asking here. Never mind