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Downloading a file from using the Python Dropbox API
Hello,
Sorry for the basic question. I'm updating the code I had for the V1 Python API and I'm having a trouble with the download function. Originally I used the following:
f, metadata = clie...
The files_download method is the closest to what you were using. The files_download_to_file method takes an extra parameter for saving the file locally for you.
So either of these should be equivalent to your old code:
metadata, f = dbx.files_download('/'+ j) out = open(j, 'wb') out.write(f.content) out.close()or just
dbx.files_download_to_file(j, '/'+ j)
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThe files_download method is the closest to what you were using. The files_download_to_file method takes an extra parameter for saving the file locally for you.
So either of these should be equivalent to your old code:
metadata, f = dbx.files_download('/'+ j)
out = open(j, 'wb')
out.write(f.content)
out.close()
or just
dbx.files_download_to_file(j, '/'+ j)
what dose the letter j means??
- Greg-DB
hosamsandid The variable 'j' was used in the original code sample shared in this thread, but the definition of its value wasn't shown. In that context though, it would've just been a file name, like "example.jpg".
It was used both on the Dropbox API, formatted as "/example.jpg", for instance, and to open a local file.
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