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James_T
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4 years ago

Quickest way to check if a folder and subfolders are empty?

I only want the Dropbox Embedder to show if the specified folder actually have any files in it. What is the best way to figure out if a folder (or subfolder) has any files? At first I thought a...
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James_T's avatar
James_T
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Thanks for your reply.

The folder I tested list_folder with, contains only 4 directories. The API call only returned 1 folder (+ the root folder). Is that normal behavior?

It thought it would only require the continue call if there were lots of folder/files?

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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

The number of entries you get back per page is not guaranteed, and it may require multiples calls even if there is not a large number of entries. You'll need to implement both list_folder and list_folder/continue and always call back for more entries until has_more is false in order to get the full listing.

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