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Waleed Magdy
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1 year ago

Transfer Dropbox Backups using Dropbox APIs

Hello, Specifically, I have several backups stored in Dropbox Backup (some exceeding tens of terabytes), and I’m interested in utilizing the Dropbox API to automate the process of downloading th...
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DB-Des
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1 year ago

Hi josuegomes,

 

Please ensure you are using an access token for the account where the backups are stored. If you are traversing the files and folders of the corresponding account, using /files/list_folder[continue] until has_more is false, the back up folder(s) should be included in the response. Typically, the folder for backed up data is the name of the backup. For example, a backup named "Mac" would have path "/Mac".

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josuegomes
Helpful | Level 6
1 year ago

Yes, I'm using an access token for an account where the backups are stored.


At https://www.dropbox.com/backup/all I can see the files under PC name (screenshot attached)
However, as I stated before, using Dropbox API Explorer I don't see those files.
See attached the output of the list_folder request with recursive set as true.

 

For some reason I can't attach the files here. So here is the link to the shared folder with the files.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/dvg2h82x9tbrgfzr9guw4/AKnN3v0LfFyn8UKKRy2VEz8?rlkey=sywog6vsi4f4x3zmlzhvbyd3c&st=kvild3vf&dl=0

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