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Dropbox API for search in PHP
Hi,
I'm trying to search for a file uploaded in my Dropbox APP using the following code:
$data = json_encode(array("path" => "/", "query" => $this->filename, "mode" => "filename"));
$...
Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
We do not want to save in local file. Also, reading in memory may cause memory exhausted issue with large files. Same is the issue with saving the read data in a variable when the file is large enough.
Instead, we want to read the file in parts instead of reading the entire file at once. Is there any option to the same?
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThe file data is returned in the HTTP response, so you could read from it as a stream if your HTTP client supports it.
It looks like PHP curl's may effectively support this via CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION:
http://docs.php.net/function.curl-setopt
It looks like PHP curl's may effectively support this via CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION:
http://docs.php.net/function.curl-setopt
- Hi,
I didn't understand how the file data is returned as a stream. As far as I can see, it returns a normal read data. Can you please elaborate on this with an example?- Greg-DBApologies, my reply was a little misleading. It seems CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION doesn't return a stream object exactly, but it's a way for you to supply a function that will be called multiple times to read data off the reply a piece at a time.
In any case, this is more about using curl in PHP now, which is outside my area of expertise, so you may want to refer to the documentation or support community for PHP/curl for more information on using that.Thanks for your response.
I will do the PHP part myself. I got confused by your incorrect reply previously and started searching more in that direction.
Thanks again for your help.
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