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Dropbox API not returning all files
I am using Django and trying to get the list of all files. My dropbox contains 4149 files but it only returns 3998. Upon checking it seems that the most recent files uploaded to Dropbox isn't showing up in the list. Here is my code.
dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(oauth_result.access_token)
metadata = dbx.files_list_folder("", recursive=True)
flist = []
if metadata.has_more == True:
m1 = metadata.entries
cur = metadata.cursor
for i in m1:
if isinstance(i, dropbox.files.FileMetadata):
flist.append([i.name])
m2 = dbx.files_list_folder_continue(cur)
while m2.has_more == True:
for i in m2.entries:
if isinstance(i, dropbox.files.FileMetadata):
flist.append([i.name])
cur = m2.cursor
m2 = dbx.files_list_folder_continue(cur)I tried running the code you posted and was able to reproduce the issue of it dropping the last page. Here's a fixed version:
dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(oauth_result.access_token) result = dbx.files_list_folder("", recursive=True) file_list = [] def process_entries(entries): for entry in entries: if isinstance(entry, dropbox.files.FileMetadata): file_list.append([entry.name]) process_entries(result.entries) while result.has_more: result = dbx.files_list_folder_continue(result.cursor) process_entries(result.entries) print(len(file_list))
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
For reference, where/how are you getting the 4149 number from?
Does it include folders by any chance? In your code, you're only picking out files. Folders would be `FolderMetadata`.
Also, note that it looks like your code wouldn't list any files if the account happens to only have one page worth of entries. I.e., it is possible for the first response's `has_more` to be `False`, in which case you wouldn't get to your `for` loop.I am getting 4149 from dropbox web gui. I only have one folder called "/Camera". I selected all files and it shows that there are 4149 files in that folder. Even if I try to use the code
metadata = dbx.files_list_folder("/Camera", recursive=True)It still shows 3998 files.
- Greg-DBThanks! I just took another look at your code, and it looks like it actually won't process the last page of results. That is, the last call to `files_list_folder_continue` will cause `m2.has_more` to be `False`, which will terminate your `while` loop before that final `m2.entries` is processed. You'll just need to restructure the code to avoid that. (E.g., only put `files_list_folder_continue` at the top of `while` loop, or something to that effect.)
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