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StevenWhitey
9 years agoNew member | Level 2
Accessing .tag or just listing folders Swift
I have looked everywhere and can't seem to find an answer. I am trying to list just folders in a table. When I do a listFolder call it gives me all the folders and files with a .tag. Is there any way to access that .tag or just list the folders? I know you can list files by using the Suffix but what about folders? Thanks for your help. Below is what I get back with my listFolder call.
cursor = "AAHIpnuEeMPvYAsZGaogNyLu0QCvyr6T5YnIK_2ZQDfObTzFEIaf4BKSdaJsgIxC82IirZgWfzvN41axn-jKmySsPHoXwGmn-mxsEKHgV_hOUHqIUQxURYlL2AzzbzcZNZvo3AKmlPDRGkLq3Ax6uvMmSN1ZdKg3QHoGIIeno_9Jn-DbrzZG3Qx8un1ekCASy00";
entries = (
{
".tag" = folder;
id = "id:EinVKuuPCRAAAAAAAAAAAw";
name = "Test Folder";
"path_display" = "/Test Folder";
"path_lower" = "/test folder";
},
{
".tag" = folder;
id = "id:EinVKuuPCRAAAAAAAAAAFw";
name = "2nd folder";
"path_display" = "/Test Folder/2nd folder";
"path_lower" = "/test folder/2nd folder";
},
{
".tag" = folder;
id = "id:EinVKuuPCRAAAAAAAAAAHA";
name = "Another Folder";
"path_display" = "/Another Folder";
"path_lower" = "/another folder";
},
{
".tag" = folder;
id = "id:EinVKuuPCRAAAAAAAAAAIA";
name = "Photo Watch";
"path_display" = "/Apps/Photo Watch";
"path_lower" = "/apps/photo watch";
},
{
".tag" = folder;
id = "id:EinVKuuPCRAAAAAAAAAAHw";
name = Apps;
"path_display" = "/Apps";
"path_lower" = "/apps";
},
{
".tag" = file;
"client_modified" = "2016-11-01T22:37:58Z";
id = "id:EinVKuuPCRAAAAAAAAAAAg";
name = "Get Started with Dropbox.pdf";
"path_display" = "/Get Started with Dropbox.pdf";
"path_lower" = "/get started with dropbox.pdf";
rev = 1502f5529;
"server_modified" = "2016-11-01T22:37:58Z";
size = 905827;
},
{
".tag" = file;
"client_modified" = "2016-11-02T03:28:56Z";
id = "id:EinVKuuPCRAAAAAAAAAABA";
name = "8-3-Travel-Photo-3.jpg";
"path_display" = "/Test Folder/8-3-Travel-Photo-3.jpg";
"path_lower" = "/test folder/8-3-travel-photo-3.jpg";
rev = 3502f5529;
"server_modified" = "2016-11-02T03:28:56Z";
size = 109879;
}
You can filter Metadata objects by checking if they are FileMetadata or FolderMetadata (or DeletedMetadata) instances as shown here:
https://github.com/dropbox/SwiftyDropbox#response-handling-edge-cases
3 Replies
- Greg-DB9 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
You can filter Metadata objects by checking if they are FileMetadata or FolderMetadata (or DeletedMetadata) instances as shown here:
https://github.com/dropbox/SwiftyDropbox#response-handling-edge-cases
- ravisharma8 years agoNew member | Level 2Can you share your code?
- Greg-DB8 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
ravisharma What are you looking for exactly? If you need to see how to distinguish between files and folders, that's in the README:
https://github.com/dropbox/SwiftyDropbox#response-handling-edge-cases
If you're looking for a sample for listing items, there are some examples here:
https://github.com/dropbox/PhotoWatch/blob/48df3b99b47f4a883703f7a4cd9512eb2a5c0cb2/PhotoWatch/ViewController.swift
https://stackoverflow.com/documentation/dropbox-api/412/listing-a-folder/1371/listing-the-root-folder-using-the-swiftydropbox-library-distinguishing-files-an#t=201707281719552275747Those only call listFolder though, so you'll need to make sure you call listFolderContinue too, as described in the second link.
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