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jundo
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8 years ago
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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.Dr...
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    Greg-DB
    8 years ago

    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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8 years ago

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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    jundo
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 years ago

    That is it!

    I wrongly wrote the pathname with backslash (doubled of course),..

    Thanks.

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