code: def get_resource_by_path(self, path, folder_key=None):
          
          logger.debug("resolving %s", path)
  
          # remove empty path components
          path = posixpath.normpath(path)
          components = [t for t in path.split(posixpath.sep) if t != '']
  
          if not components:
              # request for root
              return Folder(
                  self.api.folder_get_info(folder_key)['folder_info']
              )
  
          resource = None
  
          for component in components:
              exists = False
              for item in self._folder_get_content_iter(folder_key):
                  name = item['name'] if 'name' in item else item['filename']
  
                  if name == component:
                      exists = True
                      if components[-1] != component:
                          # still have components to go through
                          if 'filename' in item:
                              # found a file, expected a directory
                              raise NotAFolderError(item['filename'])
                          folder_key = item['folderkey']
                      else:
                          # found the leaf
                          resource = item
                      break
  
                  if resource is not None:
                      break
  
              if not exists:
                  # intermediate component does not exist - bailing out
                  break
  
          if resource is None:
              raise ResourceNotFoundError(path)
  
          if "quickkey" in resource:
              file_info = self.api.file_get_info(
                  resource['quickkey'])['file_info']
              result = File(file_info)
          elif "folderkey" in resource:
              folder_info = self.api.folder_get_info(
                  resource['folderkey'])['folder_info']
              result = Folder(folder_info)
  
          return result
docs: Return resource by remote path.
  
          path -- remote path
  
          Keyword arguments:
          folder_key -- what to use as the root folder (None for root)