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Dropbox API to download All Content
Hi there, I am trying to fetch all content within a certain directory and display its content. The way it's set up now, it can fetch all files, but not directories within this directory.
dbx
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The only way to download an entire folder at once like that is via filesDownloadZip.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThere isn't a single method to retrieve everything. The interface is paginated in order to support folders with many items. (Otherwise, calls would start breaking when there are very large lists to return.)
So, in order to retrieve everything, you need to use both filesListFolder and filesListFolderContinue as documented:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/Dropbox.html#filesListFolder__anchor
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/Dropbox.html#filesListFolderContinue__anchor
Also, if you want nested entries, you can set recursive=true when calling filesListFolder:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/global.html#FilesListFolderArg
So, in order to retrieve everything, you need to use both filesListFolder and filesListFolderContinue as documented:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/Dropbox.html#filesListFolder__anchor
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/Dropbox.html#filesListFolderContinue__anchor
Also, if you want nested entries, you can set recursive=true when calling filesListFolder:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/global.html#FilesListFolderArg
Thanks for the response Greg. As I'm trying it out, I can't seem to get the response I want. Am I not calling the API correctly?
dbx
.filesListFolder({path: '/App', recursive: true})
.then(response => {
console.log(response.entries); // works
dbx
.filesListFolderContinue({cursor: response.cursor})
.then(resp => {
console.log(resp.entries); // empty array
});
})
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