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    <title>topic Re: Access to file meta data on drop box in Dropbox API Support &amp; Feedback</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Access-to-file-meta-data-on-drop-box/m-p/637683#M29377</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1592654"&gt;@sjyuenger&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This forum targets Dropbox specific things (in this forums part - things related to Dropbox API/SDK). You rather need a Python tutorial and suitable Python package like '&lt;A title="Python package that aims to analyze files and find metadata that can be used from it" href="https://pypi.org/project/file-metadata/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;file-metadata&lt;/A&gt;' for instance. &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://www.dropboxforum.com/html/@41457EF40051AFF130FDBFE21B496926/emoticons/1f609.png" alt=":winking_face:" title=":winking_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Good luck.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:43:21 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Здравко</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2022-11-18T14:43:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Access to file meta data on drop box</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Access-to-file-meta-data-on-drop-box/m-p/637658#M29376</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have an application that needs to be able to walk through all the files on dropbox to gather the file meta data&amp;nbsp; related to the files.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I currently accomplish this in Python by walking down the drive/path and reading the file labels for the meta data. the code I use is:&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;target = input("Enter the Directory you want, d://dir:=")&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;af.write('Scanning Directory:=' + str(target) + '\n')&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;while len(target) &amp;gt; 0:&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;for r, d, f in os.walk(target):&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;for fi in f:&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;qfname = os.path.join(r, fi)&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;fil = len(fi)&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;fn = fi.rfind('.')&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;fidl = fil - fn&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;I have no need to read the actual file data.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Any advice would be appreciated.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Stephen Yuenger&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Independent Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;772-418-0150&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>sjyuenger</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-11-18T18:23:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Access to file meta data on drop box</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Access-to-file-meta-data-on-drop-box/m-p/637683#M29377</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1592654"&gt;@sjyuenger&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This forum targets Dropbox specific things (in this forums part - things related to Dropbox API/SDK). You rather need a Python tutorial and suitable Python package like '&lt;A title="Python package that aims to analyze files and find metadata that can be used from it" href="https://pypi.org/project/file-metadata/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;file-metadata&lt;/A&gt;' for instance. &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://www.dropboxforum.com/html/@41457EF40051AFF130FDBFE21B496926/emoticons/1f609.png" alt=":winking_face:" title=":winking_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Good luck.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:43:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Access-to-file-meta-data-on-drop-box/m-p/637683#M29377</guid>
      <dc:creator>Здравко</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-11-18T14:43:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Access to file meta data on drop box</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Access-to-file-meta-data-on-drop-box/m-p/637687#M29378</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I currently am able to capture the meta data from any file system I can mount as a drive, this includes my backup system from Macrium Reflect and other systems.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Does Drop Box data file structure conform with the Windows definitions?&amp;nbsp; The reason for doing this within my application is speed.&amp;nbsp; Right now when I sample &amp;gt; 2,000,000 files I obtain the meta data I need in ~ 150 seconds and subsequently a query for a file from my virtual tables is &amp;lt; 4ms.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I don't expect the same timing from a remote site like Drop Box but my look up speed will not be affected.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am not asking for language support just file access.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I do thank you for your response but, because I am going to apply for a patent on my application, I wish it to be all self-contained with no responsibility to other developers.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:02:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Access-to-file-meta-data-on-drop-box/m-p/637687#M29378</guid>
      <dc:creator>sjyuenger</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-11-18T15:02:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Access to file meta data on drop box</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Access-to-file-meta-data-on-drop-box/m-p/637689#M29379</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1592654"&gt;@sjyuenger&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;I currently am able to capture the meta data from any file system I can mount as a drive, this includes my backup system from Macrium Reflect and other systems.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Does Drop Box data file structure &lt;U&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;conform with&lt;/STRONG&gt; the Windows definitions&lt;/U&gt;? ...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;The Dropbox folder is a folder like any other folder! This folder is not a mount point as seems you are thinking! Does the drive/partition filesystem where you place your Dropbox folder (your user folder by default) "confirm with the Windows definitions"?! 🧐&lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://www.dropboxforum.com/html/@D88F213CAFB196B6AB70612B08AD9D31/emoticons/1f601.png" alt=":beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:" title=":beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you want to access data directly online then following guides may be helpful:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/getting-started" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/getting-started&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="https://developers.dropbox.com/dbx-file-access-guide" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://developers.dropbox.com/dbx-file-access-guide&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:15:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Access-to-file-meta-data-on-drop-box/m-p/637689#M29379</guid>
      <dc:creator>Здравко</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-11-18T15:15:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Access to file meta data on drop box</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Access-to-file-meta-data-on-drop-box/m-p/637735#M29384</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1592654"&gt;@sjyuenger&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Здравко is correct, you can interact with the Dropbox folder on the local filesystem normally. And this section of the forum is for use of &lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers" target="_self"&gt;the Dropbox API&lt;/A&gt; though, not local filesystems, so I'm afraid I can't offer help with that.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:43:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Access-to-file-meta-data-on-drop-box/m-p/637735#M29384</guid>
      <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-11-18T18:43:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Access to file meta data on drop box</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Access-to-file-meta-data-on-drop-box/m-p/637749#M29390</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Guess I jumped to the wrong interpretation.&amp;nbsp; An API interface is certainly acceptable thank you&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:16:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Access-to-file-meta-data-on-drop-box/m-p/637749#M29390</guid>
      <dc:creator>sjyuenger</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-11-18T19:16:13Z</dc:date>
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