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Hi, I am trying to use the API to batch rename file. I had specific questions are around the move_v2 function:
I’m running dropbox.files.move_v2(params), where the args are from_path and to_path – As I understand it, we can’t rename files specifically, rather we just use move/move_v2.
However, I keep getting the below error:
I know the function exists as a result, but clearly I’m not using it correctly.
I'm not sure off hand what the issue may be, but calling `if result.has_more` for each `entry` doesn't look like what you'd want to do. Once you're inspecting a particular entry, it shouldn't matter if there is another page of entries to retrieve (since you've already retrieved the entry you're operating on).
I recommend stepping through with a debugger to see where the code execution is going and why, and what the variables look like at any point in time.
Perhaps what you're seeing is the new entries created by your own move operations? You may need to implement some way to avoid operating on files that you've already moved, or maybe retrieve the full file listing before you start moving files, depending on exactly what you want your program to do and how.
Hmmmmm, yes that makes sense actually, that the move operation would in a sense 'reset' the file in terms of where the cursor is, and thus might get included in a future operation.
Problem is the full file list is 160k total files across a number of directories, and even counting them all takes ~8 mins.
I think a workaround is to include an if statement to exclue any file that beginswith('str'), as all the strings that I'm appending to files begin with 'zas', but it's not exactly elegant. 🙂
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