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rk90
7 years agoHelpful | Level 5
list_folder does not return recursive folder listing
API document says: recursive Boolean If true, the list folder operation will be applied recursively to all subfolders and the response will contain contents of all subfolders. The default for this ...
rk90
7 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Thanks Greg!
Yes, 'has_more' is True and when I call `list_folder/continue` with the cursor, I still don't get the recursive folder listing. That is only the child folder is returned in response not its contents. It was working last week.
As for "Dropbox-API-Path-Root", the only reason I am using is if I don't use it, then some some folder entries appear without path_display field. I understand that field is optional in case the folder is not mounted, but I am listing the team folders' contents as admin so it mount should not even come in picture coz I am not accessing the folder through user's namespace.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
7 years agoThanks for following up. I was able to reproduce the behavior of not seeing the nested entries on the first page, but they are getting returned on the second page for me. (It's worth pointing out though that the exact number of pages is not guaranteed; you always need to check the 'has_more' in the result, even on responses from /2/files/list_folder/continue itself. If you're still getting 'has_more=true', make sure to keep calling back to paginate through all of the results.)
If this isn't working for you, we'll be happy to investigate, but we'll need some more information. Specifically, it would be helpful to see the actual code/request you're making, including the namespace ID value, and the output you're getting. (Be sure to redact the access token of course, and any other private information.) Please feel free to open an API ticket instead if you prefer to share privately.
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