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ererr's avatar
ererr
Explorer | Level 3
6 years ago

Get Size of a Folder

How can i get the size of a particular folder in DropBox using V2 call or V1 please solve this...?
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Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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6 years ago

The Dropbox API doesn't offer a direct way to get the total size of a folder's contents, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. 

If you need to know the total size of the contents of a folder, you'd need to list all of the contents using /2/files/list_folder[/continue] and then sum up the `size`s for all of the files. (You can use the `recursive` parameter on /2/files/list_folder to request nested files too.)

  • bellomsean's avatar
    bellomsean
    Helpful | Level 5
    5 years ago

    Greg-DB, 

    Is it now possible to get the size of a folder?
    or we still need to do it manually as you said?

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

      bellomsean No, unfortunately the API still doesn't offer a way to do this directly, so you'd still need to calculate the sum.

      • LouisCorleone's avatar
        LouisCorleone
        New member | Level 2
        3 years ago

        Still need to calculate the sum?

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