API endpoint for list of folder names and paths?

[TAP]

Is there an endpoint that will return a list of folder names and paths? Use-case: presenting my users with a dropdown containing various folders they may send a file to.

[Greg-DB · Accepted solution]

Yes, to list files and folders in Dropbox, you should use the /2/files/list_folder[/continue] endpoints:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder-continue

To list root, use the empty string "" as the path. To list a non-root path, pass in the path like "/path/to/folder".

[TAP]

Thanks Greg!

[Yohancef]

Hi,

What's the C# equivalent of path: "" for the 'Files.ListFolderAsync(path)' method to display to root folder?

It seems to want it in 'id: somevalue' format.

Thanks.

[Greg-DB]

@Yohancef With the .NET SDK, you would also pass an empty string to list the root folder. That would look like this:

var list = await client.Files.ListFolderAsync(string.Empty);

or:

var list = await client.Files.ListFolderAsync("");