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Search text in Text File
I have an android app and I am having mp3 files in my dropbox and i am using search bar to type their name and get them using:
sresult = client.files().searchBuilder(path2, query2).withMode(mode).withMaxResults(max).withStart(stat).start();
Above feature is fulfilled but now i am having .txt files and i want to get text from those text files as i type a keyword in search bar. I used the above code for this feature but it gives me the exception:
class com.dropbox.core.v2.files.searcherrorexception exception in 2/files/search: {".tag":"path","path":"not_found"}
Is it possible to do this in my app?
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Yes, the Dropbox API does offer the ability to search for a particular query in a particular file type under a particular path. I see you're using searchBuilder though, which is deprecated, so you should update to searchV2Builder instead. The SearchV2Builder documentation shows what methods/parameters you can use.
A 'not_found' error like you're getting indicates that there's nothing at the specified path, so make sure you're supplying a correct path value, in your code 'path2', for the connected account. I recommend reading the File Access Guide for information on interacting with the Dropbox filesystem via the API.
I tried using this code:
SearchV2Builder searchBuilder = client.files().searchV2Builder(query);
List<String> fileExtensions = Arrays.asList(extensions);
SearchOptions searchOptions = SearchOptions.newBuilder().withFileExtensions(fileExtensions).build();
SearchV2Result searchResult = searchBuilder.withOptions(searchOptions).start();
List<SearchMatchV2> searchMatches = searchResult.getMatches();but it only searches for text file name and not for the content placed inside it. Suppose i have a word "hello" placed inside my text file named "documents" so if i starts typing "he" then the word "hello" should appear in searches from "documents" file. Is the possible as i am having different text files and that should search in all of the text files before giving me the result
- Greg-DB
It sounds like you're looking for the feature called "full-text search". That's only available to accounts with certain Dropbox plans. Please refer to the help center article for more information.
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