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astrotim's avatar
astrotim
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

How can I get the starred files via the API?

I want to be able to copy starred files (mostly photos) into a new folder. Is there a way to access the data which represents the starred status of a file? I was assuming to find something like a boolean property is_starred: true but so far I can't find a way to do this.

I have thousands of photos and before I spend time starring them, I want to know if this is possible.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    5 years ago

    The Dropbox API unfortunately doesn't offer the ability to get starred files, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

  • sparshgupta's avatar
    sparshgupta
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    Any updates on this API. I need this as well (because there is no way to download all starred files or move them to one folder in one go).

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