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adityadsq
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

search with file tags api

i am trying to get the list of files based on tags using search api. when i search file name it return the data but not with the tags. please help
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amilcarvalho
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Hello,

 

Thanks for you answer. I  post to the endpoint "/2/files/search_v2". With just {"query":"tag1"} on body.
I want to retrieve content that contains the tag1. Is this possible?


curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/search_v2 \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer ' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{"query":"tag1"}'

 

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
3 years ago
amilcarvalho wrote:

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Thanks for you answer. I  post to the endpoint "/2/files/search_v2". With just {"query":"tag1"} on body.
I want to retrieve content that contains the tag1. Is this possible?

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In such a way you will receive all entries metadata matching to the query. Matching are all entries (files and folders) containing in their names, tags, or content the query value - tag1. If you want to receive content of particular entry, you need to read it accordingly! Tags themself don't have any content, they're... just tags! Clarify to yourself what content you're looking for.

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