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neunygph
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago

Getting multiple thumbnails of multiple files at once ?

Is it possible to retrieve multiple thumbnails of multiple files at once ? I tried to make a request to https://photos.dropbox.com/thumbnails_batch just like the guide from https://blogs.dropbox.com/...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago
That isn't part of the public Dropbox API, which doesn't currently offer a bulk thumbnails call, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request.
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neunygph
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago
Hi Greg,

Thanks for the quick response, I am aware that https://photos.dropbox.com/thumbnails_batch is not a public Dropbox API endpoint but is there a way or any public API end point to get multiple thumbnails at once ?

Thanks,
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    9 years ago
    No, the Dropbox API doesn't currently offer a way to get thumbnails in bulk.
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      neunygph
      Explorer | Level 4
      9 years ago
      Ah ok, thanks Greg for the info.
      • neunygph's avatar
        neunygph
        Explorer | Level 4
        9 years ago
        Hi Greg,

        I'm trying to get a thumbnail for an image in my account and make a POST request to https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_thumbnail, and it successfully returned with a status 200, which is good. But from the json response, I do not see any link or url to this thumbnail. Also, regardless what size or format option I put in, the returned data is always showing that the thumbnail is the same size and the format is always the original format when uploaded.

        For instance, I uploaded a .jpeg or jpg image. Is it possible to retrieve a .png thumbnail and the size other than the original uploaded size ? And where do I find the link/url for this thumbnail from the response. Please advice.

        Thank you

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