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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.
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The only way to download an entire folder at once like that is via filesDownloadZip.
Greg-DB
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Dropbox Community ModeratorIn this case it sounds like everything is on the first page, but note that that's not guaranteed, so you should keep the filesListFolderContinue implementation based on has_more.
To get actual file data, you should use filesDownload as you had in your original code. That doesn't support folders though. To download folders, either iterate through and download each file underneath using filesDownload, or use filesDownloadZip to download a zip of the folder. You would need to then unzip the download, so it may be simpler to just use filesDownload on each nested file.
To get actual file data, you should use filesDownload as you had in your original code. That doesn't support folders though. To download folders, either iterate through and download each file underneath using filesDownload, or use filesDownloadZip to download a zip of the folder. You would need to then unzip the download, so it may be simpler to just use filesDownload on each nested file.
Is there no way to download the folder with the files in it instead of just the files?
- Greg-DB
The only way to download an entire folder at once like that is via filesDownloadZip.
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