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23W
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7 years ago
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How can I list content of sharded folder that has not mounted yet?

How can I list content of sharded folder that has not been mounted yet?
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    7 years ago

    The Dropbox API functionality for listing folders is generally only meant for mounted content, but you can technically list the contents of an unmounted folder by calling /2/files/list_folder with the 'preview_url' (e.g., from the shared folder metadata) as the 'shared_link.url' parameter, like:

    curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"path\": \"\", \"shared_link\": {\"url\": \"<PREVIEW_URL>\"}}"
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Greg-DB
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7 years ago

Some other kinds of changes may work, but I can't guarantee if that's officially supported. I'll ask the team to confirm this and document it explicitly.

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23W
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Great thank you. I'll wait confirmation and documentation of this feature.

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