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fapb88ve
8 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Python API V2 Metadata of root folder
Hello, I see here that the previous version of the API had a way to check for the metadata of the root folder, but it seems that for this version of the API it is not supported. Is there anyway i...
- 8 years ago
Yes, you should use files_list_folder and files_list_folder_continue to list the contents of any folder, including root. The root path is identified by the empty string "".
- 8 years ago
The ListFolderResult.entries array contains Metadata objects. These can represent files, folders, or deleted items. The entry would be a FileMetadata, FolderMetadata, or DeletedMetadata, respectively. These are all subclasses of Metadata, but size is only available on FileMetadata.
So, you should do something like this:
for entry in client.files_list_folder("").entries: print(entry.name) if isinstance(entry, dropbox.files.FileMetadata): print(entry.size)
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Yes, you should use files_list_folder and files_list_folder_continue to list the contents of any folder, including root. The root path is identified by the empty string "".
fapb88ve
8 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Thanks, Greg. That solved it. One last question: I'm using the funciton you mentioned as follows:
'client.files_list_folder('').entries' ; it yields a FileMetadata response with the files' properties. Having that said, I noticed in the tutorial that you could pull the name of each file, but I'm also interested in pulling the size as well. I'm trying the following:
for i in client.files_list_folder("").entries: print(i.size)
But it's not working out. To me it's weird because I'm able to pull out the name property much in the same way. I'm not sure what's exactly wrong.
Sorry if this is a basic question, I'm starting out with python and the Dropbox API.
Thank you,
- Greg-DB8 years agoDropbox Staff
The ListFolderResult.entries array contains Metadata objects. These can represent files, folders, or deleted items. The entry would be a FileMetadata, FolderMetadata, or DeletedMetadata, respectively. These are all subclasses of Metadata, but size is only available on FileMetadata.
So, you should do something like this:
for entry in client.files_list_folder("").entries: print(entry.name) if isinstance(entry, dropbox.files.FileMetadata): print(entry.size)
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