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sanchitcop1997
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10 months ago

List all files recursively inside a shared folder using the dropbox node sdk

Hi, trying to list all files recursively inside a folder shared with my account by another account through the Node SDK. The folder is inside Shared -> Folders.  Tried the following methods but none...
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sanchitcop1997
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10 months ago

Looks like filesListFolder does work if I specify the path for the shared folder, but it doesn't seem to like the recursive parameter. Any reason I cannot list files for a shared folder recursively but I can for my own folder?

I get a list of folders and files inside the shared folder if I don't pass in recursive, but I only get the shared folder object if I do. I wanted a flat list of all files inside the shared folder

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DB-Des
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10 months ago

Hi sanchitcop1997,

Could you confirm whether the property "has_more" in the response has a value of "true"? If so, you will need to retrieve the "cursor" value from the response to then call filesListFolderContinue({ cursor: cursor }), with the value of that "cursor" property.

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    sanchitcop1997
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    10 months ago

    Thanks for the quick response! Will try and get back

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