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Re: ObjC 3.3.5 new(ish) parameters for listFolder method

Re: ObjC 3.3.5 new(ish) parameters for listFolder method

Lakshmi Narayana
Explorer | Level 3

If recursive is not supported by shared links, how can we use recursive.

This is the error I'm getting:

Error in call to API function "files/list_folder": Recursive list folder is not supported for shared link.

 

Note: I'm new to this, so  please keep the answer beginner-friendly.

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Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff

If you're using listFolder to list the contents of a shared link that refers to a folder, you'll need to use recursive:NO, since the recursive mode isn't supported when listing the contents of a shared link that refers to a folder.

 

If you need to list the contents of a subfolder inside the folder for the shared link, you need to then call listFolder again, specifying the same shared link in the sharedLink parameter, but also specifying the relative path of the desired subfolder as the path parameter (the first parameter).

 

You can build the relative path based on the "name" property of the relevant subfolder in the results from the first call. For example, if the results of the first call shows you that there's a subfolder named "Receipts", then you would pass in a path value of "/Receipts" to list that subfolder when you call listFolder again.

Lakshmi Narayana
Explorer | Level 3
I understand that I can just call the files_list_folder() and pass '/entries_loop_variable.name' as path while looping through the files_list_folder_object.entries, to include the subfolders and files inside the list of files. Is that right?

Lakshmi Narayana
Explorer | Level 3

I haven't tested it completely, but It appears to be working. Thanks for helping.

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