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jjsk
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8 years ago

Folder download

Per  https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/download-entire-folders  I can download any folder through the dropbox web interface.  How can I do this via the API?    I'm guessing the web client ...
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jjsk
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago


This is nice thanks. I was also trying to decipher the download call through web client but it got a bit hairy.   The zip file comes from 

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/zip_batch?_subject_uid=<dropbox id>

  but I could not figure out in developers tools panel what all the POST parameters were.

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Greg-DB
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8 years ago
The zip_batch endpoint isn't part of the public API, so I can't offer information on it or recommend trying to use it, as it is subject to change without warning.
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      jjsk
      Helpful | Level 5
      7 years ago

      Hi Greg

       

      This is good news. thanks for the update to the API.

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        jjsk
        Helpful | Level 5
        7 years ago

        I just tried this API call and it worked great.

         

        the only hiccup is an error when trying to d/l the root folder

         

        "Dropbox-API-Arg": path: The root folder is unsupported

         

        some files are saved in the application's root folder and the method seems to fail to get them zipped up

         

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