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/download_zip compression
If I'm not mistaken /download_zip endpoint creates a zip using method "store" (meaning 0% compression). So it doesn't make sense to use this API for optimising fetching size, since the resulting zip's size is the same as the one of the remote folder. I understand, that there might be use cases for that, probably, but I was wondering whether I'm missing some configuration param, that allows specifying a compression method. If not, perhaps it can be a feature request?
That's correct, the /2/files/download_zip endpoint was just designed as a way to enable apps to download entire folders at once, as opposed to individual files; it doesn't apply compression to optimize the amount of data that needs to be transferred overall.
There isn't an option for requesting actual compression, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
- Greg-DB
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That's correct, the /2/files/download_zip endpoint was just designed as a way to enable apps to download entire folders at once, as opposed to individual files; it doesn't apply compression to optimize the amount of data that needs to be transferred overall.
There isn't an option for requesting actual compression, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
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