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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...
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.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThanks for following up and apologies for the confusion. I looked into this more and confirmed that Dropbox Backup files may not be accessible via the API depending on which version of Dropbox Backup you’re on. The updated version of Dropbox Backup uses a different implementation that stores the files in a different way, so if you’re connected to the correct account via the API but aren’t seeing your Backup files, you’re likely running the updated Backup and so won’t be able to use the API to access them; please use the web site to do so instead. We’ll send this along as a feature request for API functionality for accessing the updated Dropbox Backup storage, but I can't promise if or when that might be implemented.
Thank you for your reply. I appreciate you took the time to investigate it deeper.
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