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toki4004
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3 years ago
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Download ANY file in folder

To download a file I need a full path. What if I don't know the name of the file? How would I list that path then to grab any txt file? "path": "/Homework/math/Prime_Numbers.txt"  
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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    3 years ago

    toki4004, You can search for such files using /2/files/search_v2/continue_v2. Just restrict the search to particular extension and look in filename only with the same string as the extension. In the resulting list you will see all such files with their paths, ids, and revisions (you can use anything of them to download particular file or set of files).

    Hope this helps.

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toki4004
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Greg-DB 

I can list contents of a folder with an open path but I can't download a file with just the folder name in the path, correct? If I try that, I get errors... 

I am trying to stay away form list -> then download, because I'd have to make 2 trips to DB - performance-wise that would not be ideal. 

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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

toki4004 To download a specific file, you can use /2/files/download and specify the full path of the file you want, including any parent folder names, like "/Homework/math/Prime_Numbers.txt".

 

To download a whole folder, you can use /2/files/download_zip and specify the name of the folder, like "/Homework/math" or "/Homework".

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