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Hi there,
I'll ask for some patience and forgiveness in advance. Im about 2 weeks in to Python devleopment, so Im likely missing some obvious approaches - please dont assume a lot of knowledge on ...
I believe I have solved my own problem - incase anyone else needs it. Its not pretty - but it works.
spot=[]
holder=[]
holder=dbx.files_list_folder('/Test Folder')
print(holder)
for files in holder.entries:
spot.append(files.path_lower)
print(spot)
pattern = '*.jpg'
matching = fnmatch.filter(spot, pattern)
print(matching)
['/test folder/az-car-rental.jpg', '/test folder/il-car-rental.jpg', '/test folder/car-rental-invoice.jpg', '/test folder/dinner-receipt.jpg', '/test folder/lunch-receipt.jpg', '/test folder/meal-receipt.jpg', '/test folder/meetup-dinner.jpg', '/test folder/team-offsite-lunch.jpg', '/test folder/training-airfare.jpg', '/test folder/training-hotel-invoice.jpg', '/test folder/travel-meal.jpg']- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
I'm glad to hear you already got this working. You have the right idea in that you can call files_list_folder to list the contents of a folder, and then check the Metadata.path_lower (or Metadata.name) for the returned entries to see if the file extension is one you're interested in.
Note though that you should also implement files_list_folder_continue to make sure you can receive all of the entries. Check out the files_list_folder documentation for more information.
Also, one alternative for your file extension check may be to use the 'endswith' method like this:
files.path_lower.endswith(".jpg")
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