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How to get a path to a Dropbox file in order to use the files_download function in python?
As a real newbye in python I'm trying to download a single file from my dropbox account.
I've got the Dropbox token and written such a function:
def download_file():
dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(DROPBOXTOKEN)
# Check that the access token is valid
try:
dbx.users_get_current_account()
except AuthError as err:
sys.exit("ERROR: Invalid access token; try re-generating an access token from the app console on the web.")
with open("//", "w") as f:
metadata, res = dbx.files_download(path=DROPPATH)
f.write(res.content)As far as I can understand, the only data I need are DROPBOXTOKEN (i've got) and DROPPATH (the full pathh to the file in Dropbox space. Is it true? How can I get the DROPPATH ? Can I get it accessing my web Dropbox account (if not, how can I do?)
Yes, that's all that is required. The path would be the remote path to the desired file inside the Dropbox account. For example, for a file named "myfile.txt" inside a folder named "Documents", the path would be "/documents/myfile.txt".
You can also get these values from the API, e.g., using files_list_folder and files_list_folder_continue. (Call files_list_folder with the path "" to list the root.) You would use the resulting Metadata.path_lower for the desired file.
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- Greg-DB
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Yes, that's all that is required. The path would be the remote path to the desired file inside the Dropbox account. For example, for a file named "myfile.txt" inside a folder named "Documents", the path would be "/documents/myfile.txt".
You can also get these values from the API, e.g., using files_list_folder and files_list_folder_continue. (Call files_list_folder with the path "" to list the root.) You would use the resulting Metadata.path_lower for the desired file.
That is it!
I wrongly wrote the pathname with backslash (doubled of course),..
Thanks.
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