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Bobby I
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5 years ago
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Calculating folder size using C# SDK

I was looking into calculating total file size within a folder programmatically for display purposes. I have a method that calls DropboxClient.ListFoldersAsync with the path and recursive set to true...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    5 years ago

    No, unfortunately I can't think of any other workarounds for this.

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Bobby I
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

I see, that's too bad. Has there been any decent workarounds you have encountered to simulate this functionality using the public API? I guess there is a reason Dropbox hasn't implemented this just yet publicly, so maybe this question is too forward.

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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

No, unfortunately I can't think of any other workarounds for this.

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