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abcd12341
7 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Javascript API Clarity - filesDownload()
I've been learning the Javascript API and am having a bumpy journey with filesDownload(). Looking at the docs... http://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/Dropbox.html#filesDownload__anchor ...
Greg-DB
7 years agoDropbox Staff
Using 'fileBlob' in browser JavaScript (or 'fileBinary' in Node) is the correct way to access the file data itself. Apologies that this isn't better documented! I'll ask the team to clarify that in the docs.
There's an example of using that with a Content-Download style method like this here:
https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-js/blob/master/examples/javascript/download/index.html#L53
There's an example of using that with a Content-Download style method like this here:
https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-js/blob/master/examples/javascript/download/index.html#L53
- Dzivo7 months agoNew member | Level 2
@greg still not documented 6 years later what is the type of fileBinary is it a Blob ?
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