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qpy
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
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...
hello_box11
3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
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.
qpy
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
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?
Example for ns based arg?
And. how to discover what ns should be?
- Greg-DB3 years ago
Dropbox Staff
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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