new files not returned by /files/list_folder

[Individual IT S]

Are there currently problems with the API?

My App does not return any newly created files/folders with "/files/list_folder"

Files that have been in dropbox for a while are listed, but if I add a new file it does not appear in the result.

the '/files/search' endpoint seems to work fine. All files, new and old are returned.

[Greg-DB]

When you call /2/files/list_folder, make sure you check the 'has_more' value in the response. If it is true, you need to call back to /2/files/list_folder/continue in order to get more results. (And likewise, check the 'has_more' value in the response from /2/files/list_folder/continue.)

The /2/files/list_folder[/continue] results are paginated, so you aren't guaranteed to get everything returned on the first page. You can find more information in the documentation for the two endpoints:

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

You can then store and re-use the latest returned 'cursor' to get only new changes on further calls to /2/files/list_folder/continue.

If you're already doing that, please share your code and the unexpected output.

[Individual IT S]

has_more is set to false

reply with include_media_info = true

array (size=3)
  'entries' => 
    array (size=0)
      empty
  'cursor' => string 'AAFM2pu7z-vt16PJ_1mKnWZIblA7uxNiuXA_Af4kxILWGfNmsJACcdNSZrUA3Wv9p9MuvEw_OhreLnGkGBOsV0tuz_qu1avXG6qTeCDJ1W7170cXZ67nI50-6ZIxE3-4HXrL4KMmMGdlPYdlhN7k7kytJw3mIiCqWnKoq4EsWJrTLA' (length=174)
  'has_more' => boolean false

reply with include_media_info = false

array (size=3)
  'entries' => 
    array (size=2)
      0 => 
        array (size=10)
          '.tag' => string 'file' (length=4)
          'name' => string 'cache_docu.dia' (length=14)
          'path_lower' => string '/joomla_files/cache_docu.dia' (length=28)
          'path_display' => string '/joomla_files/cache_docu.dia' (length=28)
          'id' => string 'id:san8zhurWicAAAAAAAAc7Q' (length=25)
          'client_modified' => string '2017-06-09T14:20:09Z' (length=20)
          'server_modified' => string '2017-06-09T14:20:10Z' (length=20)
          'rev' => string '660600ad8d97' (length=12)
          'size' => int 4472
          'content_hash' => string '7cf660c4a88b17f900287edb2ef728a0b49ce1d69e5532de7773155e649b4023' (length=64)
      1 => 
        array (size=10)
          '.tag' => string 'file' (length=4)
          'name' => string 'perspective-quote.jpg' (length=21)
          'path_lower' => string '/joomla_files/perspective-quote.jpg' (length=35)
          'path_display' => string '/joomla_files/perspective-quote.jpg' (length=35)
          'id' => string 'id:san8zhurWicAAAAAAAAdDA' (length=25)
          'client_modified' => string '2017-06-09T16:48:56Z' (length=20)
          'server_modified' => string '2017-06-09T16:48:56Z' (length=20)
          'rev' => string '664200ad8d97' (length=12)
          'size' => int 393731
          'content_hash' => string 'ea37ea1befc86a0e4130e80de81e3753ca930c8d61e9616472ccae1f0d55c8e3' (length=64)
  'cursor' => string 'AAHNzyNFInUFiVdxQgOVOH7DLoPxjUORb9Vkcdr53fy1v2UNNBTnZSmQfCN-UqDGzxRITM77x03GvwFGz38yHCel6wcVxTeLQaIP4Fp2VwkGuCKSEDSzT8jjEgeFFpcf66-nuexOWy-_hLVqmyAo0G60p7edv__GscLDdVoecM7DoA' (length=174)
  'has_more' => boolean false

[Greg-DB]

Thanks for following up. When using include_media_info = true, that can be expected sometimes. I'll follow up on the other thread as well:

https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/API-support/listFolder-with-includeMediaInfo-not-listing-all-availab...