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Lakshmi
10 years agoNew member | Level 2
How to get metadata for files and folders in Dropbox REST API v2
curl -X GET https://api.dropboxapi.com/1/metadata/auto --header "Authorization: Bearer <access token redacted>"
The above endpoint will be used for get metadata in dropbox v1 API.
How to get metadata for folders in Dropbox REST API v2?
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- Greg-DB10 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
In Dropbox API v2, you can get the metadata for an item using /files/get_metadata. You can list the files and folders under a particular path using /files/list_folder and /files/list_folder/continue.
By the way, I redacted it from your post, but for the sake of security, you should disable that access token that you posted. You can do so by revoking access to the app entirely, if the access token is for your account, here:
https://www.dropbox.com/account/security
Or, you can disable just this access token using the API:
v1: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/docs#disable-token
v2: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#auth-token-revoke - mrramos9 years agoNew member | Level 2
Hi Greg, I have a code in vb.net to access the list of files in the folder in v1, I am using this url "https://api.dropboxapi.com/1/metadata/auto{0}?access_token={1}" I supply the {0} for the folder path and the {1} for my token. do you have an updated uri that I can use to still populate and get the result for v2? Thank you
- Greg-DB9 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
mrramos If you need the file listing under a folder, you should use /files/list_folder and /files/list_folder/continue. API v2 isn't a drop-in recplament for API v1, so you'll need to make code changes. There are curl examples in the documentation for those showing how to call them.
- djomoutresor17 years agoExplorer | Level 3
can have a sample example of code to get metadata in angular 7??
- Greg-DB7 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
djomoutresor1 I don't have a sample to share for Angular in particular. Please refer to the HTTP documentation for whichever method(s) you need, e.g., /files/get_metadata, /files/list_folder, or /files/list_folder/continue, for information on how to call them, including curl examples, so you can write the relevant code for whatever HTTP client you're using.
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