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using api to access file/folders in Backups
Using python dropbox.Dropbox (dbx instance), and after connecting using oauth2 generated token;
am unable to access, so far, the Backups tree. Using the relative-path from "rootdir", cant seem
to...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffTo access content in your Dropbox, such as your backup data, you'll need to specify the path relative to the root. Do not add additional components not seen when browsing your Dropbox, such as "backups". The folder for backed up data is the name of the backup. For instance, if I have a backup named "Mac", containing a backed up "Desktop" folder, I would list that Desktop backup with the path "/Mac/Desktop".
You can also start with a path of the empty string "" to list the root itself.
- Depending on the backup type, it might because the backup is under its own namespace instead of root namespace. What you can do is to list all the namespace and concatenation the ns with the path.
- yes.. ns based path sounds right; the “root” relative path has been dead end.
Example for ns based arg?
And. how to discover what ns should be?- Greg-DB
qpy Can you clarify what you mean when you say 'the “root” relative path has been dead end'? I tried it and it did work for me, e.g.:
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{"path":"/Mac","recursive":true}' # { # "entries": [ # { # ".tag": "folder", # "name": "Mac", # "path_lower": "/mac", # "path_display": "/Mac", # "id": "id:Hcd4PILNenwAAAAAAAAB4w" # }, # { # ".tag": "folder", # "name": "Desktop", # "path_lower": "/mac/desktop", # "path_display": "/Mac/Desktop", # "id": "id:Hcd4PILNenwAAAAAAAAB5A" # }, # { # ".tag": "folder", # "name": "test", # "path_lower": "/mac/desktop/test", # "path_display": "/Mac/Desktop/test", # "id": "id:Hcd4PILNenwAAAAAAAAB9g" # }, # { # ".tag": "file", # "name": ".localized", # "path_lower": "/mac/desktop/.localized", # "path_display": "/Mac/Desktop/.localized", # "id": "id:Hcd4PILNenwAAAAAAAAB5w", # "client_modified": "2022-11-24T15:50:01Z", # "server_modified": "2022-11-24T15:52:31Z", # "rev": "5ee39649961e204f84cfe", # "size": 0, # "is_downloadable": true, # "content_hash": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855" # }, # { # ".tag": "file", # "name": "test.txt", # "path_lower": "/mac/desktop/test/test.txt", # "path_display": "/Mac/Desktop/test/test.txt", # "id": "id:Hcd4PILNenwAAAAAAAAB9w", # "client_modified": "2022-11-24T15:44:23Z", # "server_modified": "2022-11-24T15:52:37Z", # "rev": "5ee3964eb20b004f84cfe", # "size": 9, # "is_downloadable": true, # "content_hash": "019fb066085bea5236e22c837c748607c95a050d8c36410da1e7a5ca24f67e16" # } # ], # "cursor": "AAGqg1NuBn6s4_wJjkxck2fGauGff7CMO_LBmSXDSVip2MiTblfHGHKO0VJJMhuKSO5J4zRgLQMAbOnl6d1SNukeivUqpxn06urom3LHaHnxlx93nAtMgHs2X76g_KZpfWyr74hYGT7j6JqIuxDWbbuFDLAPvqsWI06YA2F-oUR-EuhoaPI4jcEUa5lgmmmrc1CTNJviMx6iHG2tLe2o_rrf", # "has_more": false # } curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN' \ --header 'Dropbox-API-Arg: {"path":"/mac/desktop/test/test.txt"}' # something
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