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Adithya
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago
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Can we able to filter the certain file types when fetching the file list in api v2 for iOS?

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    8 years ago
    The Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to filter files by type on the server like this, but you can implement the filtering client-side.

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    Greg-DB
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    8 years ago
    The Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to filter files by type on the server like this, but you can implement the filtering client-side.
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    Adithya
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 years ago

    Thanks for the reply.. But there is no information about the file type or mime type in the filemetadata object to filter the files as per our requirements. so, how can we achieve the filtering.. could you plz provide me the solution.?

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    Greg-DB
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    8 years ago
    You should use the file's extension, e.g., from the 'name' or 'pathLower' property in the metadata, to check the type.

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