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

    The only way to download an entire folder at once like that is via filesDownloadZip.

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philip-lf
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

Is there no way to download the folder with the files in it instead of just the files?

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Greg-DB
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8 years ago

The only way to download an entire folder at once like that is via filesDownloadZip.

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