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pojler
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
Searching for all files with certain extension in Java API and some issues with search queries
Hello! I'm building a small function in which i want to get metadata from for example all of PDF's and DOC files. So I am using a SearchV2Builder withFileExtension option. But i don't know hot wri...
- 4 years ago
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66518862/dropbox-sdk-java-write-search-query-to-get-all-files ]
The Dropbox API doesn't offer the ability to do a wildcard search like this, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
While not ideal, as a workaround, you could list the full contents using listFolder/listFolderBuilder/listFolderContinue and filter based on the file extension.
Greg-DB
4 years agoDropbox Staff
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66518862/dropbox-sdk-java-write-search-query-to-get-all-files ]
The Dropbox API doesn't offer the ability to do a wildcard search like this, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
While not ideal, as a workaround, you could list the full contents using listFolder/listFolderBuilder/listFolderContinue and filter based on the file extension.
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