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ctubbs
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffPython TypeError using Dropbox API move_v2function
Hi, I am trying to use the API to batch rename file. I had specific questions are around the move_v2 function:
I’m running dropbox.files.move_v2(params), where the args are from_path and to_pa...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorLRomano Thanks for sharing the error. That 'from_lookup/not_found' error does indicate that the issue is that the 'from_path' value doesn't point to anything. That does seem to be because you specified just the name and not the path, as discussed.
The Metadata.path_lower value is just a string containing the path for the item, which might look something like: "/folder/another folder/file.ext".
Since that's just a string, you can operate on it however you need. For instance, you could split it on "/" and take the parts you want, modify them, and build a new path string. Or, you could use a library or module like pathlib to work with it.
Hmmmm, actually, it seems to be running ok, but I've had to put in another if statement on has_more = TRUE
Even with the while statement, for some reason it was running the function twice. Any idea why?
result = dbx.files_list_folder(root_path, recursive=True)
full_list = []
index = 0
def process_entries(entries):
for entry in entries:
if result.has_more:
if isinstance(entry, dropbox.files.FileMetadata):
file = entry.path_lower.rsplit('/', 1)[1]
if file.endswith(('.mp4','.png','.mov','.gif','.jpg')):
path = entry.path_lower.rsplit('/', 1)[0]+'/'
path_original = path+file
global index
code = sparkDF.collect()[index][2]
file_new = code+'_'+file
path_new = path+file_new
sublist = [code,file_new,path_new]
print(sublist)
print(result.has_more)
full_list.append(sublist)
move = dbx.files_move(from_path=path_original, to_path=path_new)
index += 1
process_entries(result.entries)
while result.has_more:
result = dbx.files_list_folder_continue(result.cursor)
process_entries(result.entries)- Greg-DB
I'm not sure off hand what the issue may be, but calling `if result.has_more` for each `entry` doesn't look like what you'd want to do. Once you're inspecting a particular entry, it shouldn't matter if there is another page of entries to retrieve (since you've already retrieved the entry you're operating on).
I recommend stepping through with a debugger to see where the code execution is going and why, and what the variables look like at any point in time.
Perhaps what you're seeing is the new entries created by your own move operations? You may need to implement some way to avoid operating on files that you've already moved, or maybe retrieve the full file listing before you start moving files, depending on exactly what you want your program to do and how.
Hmmmmm, yes that makes sense actually, that the move operation would in a sense 'reset' the file in terms of where the cursor is, and thus might get included in a future operation.
Problem is the full file list is 160k total files across a number of directories, and even counting them all takes ~8 mins.
I think a workaround is to include an if statement to exclue any file that beginswith('str'), as all the strings that I'm appending to files begin with 'zas', but it's not exactly elegant. :)
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