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how to get file_id, file_size metadata using filename gotten from file chooser (python)
I have used dropbox file chooser to download files and filelinks. After I extract the filenames using the file chooser, I want to get more extended metadta.
To do that I first went through Oau...
I just took another look at your code, and I see you're trying to access the `size` returned by the Chooser, but per the documentation that should actually be `bytes`, so you can access it like `obj[0].bytes`.
The API v2 Python SDK's files_get_metadata method does accept a file ID in place of a path, so you can just call `dbx.files_get_metadata(fileID)`, where `fileID` is the file ID you got from the Chooser as `obj[0].id)`.
Good catch. I tried using var obj = files[0]; to get the first file and I was able to get the fileid. But the filesize is still empty. Is it possible to get filesize here? Maybe I can get it later using fileid.
I am trying to find instructions on getting metadata using fileid in python. program. You are so knowledgable, do you have any hints for me? I cannot pin point any good reads on it. Thanks again.
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Greg-DB
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Dropbox Community ModeratorI just took another look at your code, and I see you're trying to access the `size` returned by the Chooser, but per the documentation that should actually be `bytes`, so you can access it like `obj[0].bytes`.
The API v2 Python SDK's files_get_metadata method does accept a file ID in place of a path, so you can just call `dbx.files_get_metadata(fileID)`, where `fileID` is the file ID you got from the Chooser as `obj[0].id)`.
Thank you so much. You have been really helpful. I am able to get all the metadata I was looking for.
Regards,
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