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Download ANY file in folder
To download a file I need a full path. What if I don't know the name of the file? How would I list that path then to grab any txt file?
"path": "/Homework/math/Prime_Numbers.txt"
toki4004, You can search for such files using /2/files/search_v2/continue_v2. Just restrict the search to particular extension and look in filename only with the same string as the extension. In the resulting list you will see all such files with their paths, ids, and revisions (you can use anything of them to download particular file or set of files).
Hope this helps.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
toki4004 In addition to the search functionality that Здравко mentioned, you can list all of the contents of any particular folder using /2/files/list_folder[/continue].
For example, if you know a parent folder path, you would set the "path" like "/Homework/math". Or, to list the root, you would supply the "path" as the empty string "".
I can list contents of a folder with an open path but I can't download a file with just the folder name in the path, correct? If I try that, I get errors...
I am trying to stay away form list -> then download, because I'd have to make 2 trips to DB - performance-wise that would not be ideal.
toki4004, The access point /2/files/download can download file only. If you want to download a folder together with entire content, there is another access point /2/files/download_zip that downloads pointed folder in zipped form. 😉
toki4004, You can search for such files using /2/files/search_v2/continue_v2. Just restrict the search to particular extension and look in filename only with the same string as the extension. In the resulting list you will see all such files with their paths, ids, and revisions (you can use anything of them to download particular file or set of files).
Hope this helps.
If I use "search" - what would I put for "query"? I don't know the file name - I only know the extension so I'll put that under options =>file_extensions
But query is required...
Здравко wrote:... You can search for such files using /2/files/search_v2/continue_v2. Just restrict the search to particular extension and look in filename only with the same string as the extension. ...
toki4004 wrote:If I use "search" - what would I put for "query"? I don't know the file name - I only know the extension so I'll put that under options =>file_extensions
But query is required...
Hm..🤔 What's the name of that parameter where you denote what you're looking for (either from file content or its name)? In the particular case we need to direct Dropbox to search in filename only... Ohh...yes. 😀 That was the "query"! 🤫
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