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fapb88ve
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago
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Downloading a file from using the Python Dropbox API

Hello,   Sorry for the basic question. I'm updating the code I had for the V1 Python API and I'm having a trouble with the download function. Originally I used the following: f, metadata = clie...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    9 years ago

    The files_download method is the closest to what you were using. The files_download_to_file method takes an extra parameter for saving the file locally for you.

     

    So either of these should be equivalent to your old code:

     

    metadata, f = dbx.files_download('/'+ j)
out = open(j, 'wb')
out.write(f.content)
out.close()

     

    or just

     

    dbx.files_download_to_file(j, '/'+ j)
Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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9 years ago

The files_download method is the closest to what you were using. The files_download_to_file method takes an extra parameter for saving the file locally for you.

 

So either of these should be equivalent to your old code:

 

metadata, f = dbx.files_download('/'+ j)
out = open(j, 'wb')
out.write(f.content)
out.close()

 

or just

 

dbx.files_download_to_file(j, '/'+ j)
hilaal_leo's avatar
hilaal_leo
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Hi Greg

 

metadata, f = dropbox.file_download_details('/test.pdf')
out = open('test.pdf', 'wb')
out.write(f.content)
out.close()

 

 

I am getting the following error in terminal 

 

metadata, f = dropbox.file_download_details('/test.pdf')

 AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'file_download_details'

 

Thanks in advance

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    8 years ago

    hilaal_leo The official Python SDK doesn't have a `file_download_details` method. Please refer to my earlier posts in this thread for examples of how to download files using the SDK. There's also an example included with the SDK here.

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