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Flya
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

Python SDK: How to dowload files with wildcard in filename?

Hi,   is there a way to download a file with a random number in the filename? Something like  metadata = dbx.files_download_to_file(downfile, '/%s*' % testfile) All the files a in the follo...
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    Greg-DB
    8 years ago

    The API doesn't offer the ability to download with a wildcard like this. You'll need to call once per file with the exact file path.

     

    You can get the file names using files_list_folder and files_list_folder_continue.

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Greg-DB
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8 years ago

The API doesn't offer the ability to download with a wildcard like this. You'll need to call once per file with the exact file path.

 

You can get the file names using files_list_folder and files_list_folder_continue.

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