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Path for .NET SDK thumbnails
The .NET SDK examples seen to be thin. I am looking to display thumbnails from image files on Dropbox. I have the BeginGetThumbnail method but am having difficulty implementing it. It is returni...
1. To set parameters like those, you should supply values like this:
var asyncResult = this.client.Files.BeginGetThumbnail (path, Dropbox.Api.Files.ThumbnailFormat.Jpeg.Instance, Dropbox.Api.Files.ThumbnailSize.W64h64.Instance);
2. That IsPhoto is unfortunately not what you're looking for. That just tells you the particular subtype of a MediaMetadata instance. If you want to check the type of a file, you should check its file extension. You can then compare the extension against the list of supported extensions for GetThumbnail.
Thanks for the info. Got things going the right direction. I thought I needed to used the EndGetThumb but wasn't sure where it fit in the puzzle. On the topic of thumbs - is it possible to call all the thumb for files that are images in a folder or do I have step thru them .
Thx
G
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorNo, unfortunately the API doesn't offer a way to get thumbnails in bulk like that, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request. You'll need to call for each one you need.
No problem. Its easy enough to setup an asinc service, get a list and parse thru them. 2 more questions I ran into.
1. Is Thumbnail size fixed?? I have changed the size in the request but they are always the same;
"BeginGetThumbnail(item.PathLower, format.AsJpeg, size.AsW64h64)"
2. How do I check if a file is a photo?? I thought this had promise but nope
"Entries.Where(n=>n.AsFile.MediaInfo.AsMetadata.Value.IsPhoto))"
Thx
G
- Greg-DB
1. To set parameters like those, you should supply values like this:
var asyncResult = this.client.Files.BeginGetThumbnail (path, Dropbox.Api.Files.ThumbnailFormat.Jpeg.Instance, Dropbox.Api.Files.ThumbnailSize.W64h64.Instance);
2. That IsPhoto is unfortunately not what you're looking for. That just tells you the particular subtype of a MediaMetadata instance. If you want to check the type of a file, you should check its file extension. You can then compare the extension against the list of supported extensions for GetThumbnail.
- Thanks for the information.
Go kind of a feel for how this API is put together
don't seem to be many using the .NET
G
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