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Re: Retrieve with a File limit and File count
I'm looking for a way to get the count of entries from this python api call:
e=dbx.files_list_folder('/myfolder').entries
None of the following work:
>>> print(e.count) <built-in method count of list object at 0x107dcd098> >>> print(e.size) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'size' >>> print(e.list) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'list'
I can iterate and increment in a for loop but would prefer to use an existing method:
i=0
for entry in dbx.files_list_folder('/myfolder').entries:
i=i+1
print(i)
Is there a way to get the count of the files returned without actually iterating through the list?
The ListFolderResult.entries returned by files_list_folder is a 'list' so you can use Python's 'len' function to get its length, like this:
print(len(dbx.files_list_folder('/myfolder').entries))Please note though that you're not guaranteed to get all of the files/folders in a particular folder back in a single call to files_list_folder. If ListFolderResult.has_more is 'true' you need to call back to files_list_folder_continue for more entries. Check out the files_list_folder documentation for more information.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
The ListFolderResult.entries returned by files_list_folder is a 'list' so you can use Python's 'len' function to get its length, like this:
print(len(dbx.files_list_folder('/myfolder').entries))Please note though that you're not guaranteed to get all of the files/folders in a particular folder back in a single call to files_list_folder. If ListFolderResult.has_more is 'true' you need to call back to files_list_folder_continue for more entries. Check out the files_list_folder documentation for more information.
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