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Error downloading files from dropbox API
I am trying to download files from dropbox but keep hitting the ValidationError.
for dfiles in flist:
dbx.files_download_to_file('/Users/fela/Downloads/dropbox', dfiles, rev=None)
Her...
You do need to use the full path when specifying the file you want to download. Using files_list_folder and files_list_folder_continue will give you every entry, and you can get the full path from the returned (File)Metadata.path_lower. (I.e., use `entry.path_lower` instead of `'/'+entry.name`.)
Here is my code.
dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(oauth_result.access_token)
result = dbx.files_list_folder("", recursive=True)
flist = []
def process_entries(entries):
for entry in entries:
if isinstance(entry, dropbox.files.FileMetadata):
flist.append(entry.name)
dbx.files_download_to_file('/Users/fela/Downloads/dropbox/'+entry.name, '/'+entry.name)
It gives me an error:
ApiError('9102ee3554ff1ef69453c208accc6568', DownloadError('path', LookupError('not_found', None)))
Unless I use "/Camera". As you can see that I am using "" with recursive=True to go through the entire dropbox and list files. I am not able to download it unless I specify the folder name. How can I get the folder structure and files under them so I can download files from the root folder and all the subfolders under them?
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorYou do need to use the full path when specifying the file you want to download. Using files_list_folder and files_list_folder_continue will give you every entry, and you can get the full path from the returned (File)Metadata.path_lower. (I.e., use `entry.path_lower` instead of `'/'+entry.name`.)
Awesome! That works. Thank you
this example (Download file), do you have in github or similar plataform?
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