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dcooney
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

list_folder API not starting from beginning of directory

I'm building a mobile app for viewing the /Camera Uploads path and for whatever reason the initial query does not start from the beginning of the directory.   To explain more, my /Camera Uploads fi...
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Greg-DB
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7 years ago
The list_folder endpoints do not promise a certain order for the returned entries. I.e., the first returned entries may not be the oldest ones.

Your app should check the has_more value in the result, and if it's true, call back to /2/files/list_folder/continue to get the rest of the entries. Once you process the all of the entries, you can apply whatever ordering you want.
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    dcooney
    Explorer | Level 4
    7 years ago

    Hi Greg,

    Thanks for the reply.
    That's fine, but it does start at a seeminly random date and it's always that same date (January 30, 2013). Also, It does continue in order by date after that initial request using the /list_folder/continue method.

    Maybe i'm missing something, but just thought I'd ask why this is.

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      7 years ago
      The exact order will depend on how things work on the Dropbox backend, so while it may be at least partially in chronological order, it's not guaranteed or externally predictable.

      As long as you call back and retrieve all of the pages, based on has_more, you should receive all of the entries.
      • dcooney's avatar
        dcooney
        Explorer | Level 4
        7 years ago

        Thanks Greg,

        I can confirm I do not get all the entires from the camera uploads directory.


        Is it possible there is a limit? I have over 20k items in this folder.

         

         

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