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Download entire folder from Dropbox using Vb. NET
Hi guys!
I'm trying to write code to create a program that will download and upload files and folders from/to Dropbox automatically.
When I need to download a single file there's no problem using X.files.downloadAsync("path", await X.GetContentAsByteArrayAsync), but when I need to download an entire folder I don't know how to do it, I can't use the same instruction...
Someone know how to solve this issue?
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
If you want to download an entire folder using the .NET SDK, you have two options:
- Use the DownloadAsync method, calling once per file inside the folder. You can use the ListFolderAsync and ListFolderContinueAsync methods to get the file listing.
- Use the DownloadZipAsync method to download the entire folder, as long as its contents are under the documented size and file count limits. With this method, you'd then need to unzip the resulting data to access the contents. The Dropbox SDK itself doesn't offer an unzipping method, so you may need a system method or a different library to do that.
Silly question (RE: Option 2 "Use the DownloadZipAsync method to download the entire folder..."). To where does DownloadZipAsync(...) download the zip file??
The DownloadFileAsync() method accepts an argument containing the download target folder, but I see no such option in for the argument to DownloadZipAsync(...).
Hi erich_e,
In both cases (downloading a regular file of any kind or a folder as a zip) there is stream that may be use as you would like. Of course you may redirect/copy this stream to another file stream that refers to file named as you like. Is there something that prevent you do so?
Good luck.
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