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why is FolderId / SharedParentFolderId null or just missing for FileMetadata retrievals?
static void Main(string[] args)
{
DropboxClientConfig config = new DropboxClientConfig
{
MaxRetriesOnError = 0
};
DropboxClient dropbox...
A feature request has been filed to include the parent folder ID in the metadata response object.
I cannot promise when and if this will be implemented.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorIn your original sample code here, you already have access to the parent folder's ID (not the same as the shared folder ID), in folderMetadata.Id.
In cases where you don't already have that parent folder metadata object though, you can retrieve the parent folder ID, given the metadata of a file (or folder), like this:
var parentFolderPath = Directory.GetParent(fileMetadata.PathLower).ToString();
var parentFolderId = dropboxClient.Files.GetMetadataAsync(parentFolderPath).Result.AsFolder.Id;(Note that this is just a basic example, and assumes that the parent of fileMetadata is not root itself.)
yes, I know how to get it. if we are recursing down a deep folder hierarchy it with ListFolderAsync and building it up in memory, it would sure be nice for all the subfolders and subfolders of subfolders all to have the parent FolderId without having to make additional calls.
- DB-Des
A feature request has been filed to include the parent folder ID in the metadata response object.
I cannot promise when and if this will be implemented.
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