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PaulELong
6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Help using the dotnet documentation
I'm trying to understand and use the API for dotnet. I'm finding it hard to use the online documentation and I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing.
For instance, I'm using Files.DownloadA...
- 6 years ago
Thanks for the feedback! Dropbox.Api.Files and Dropbox.Api.Files.Routes are each linked separately in the sidebar at the top level here:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/R_Project_DotNetApiDocumentation.htm
The docs themselves don't have search built in, but you can search the doc site using a web search engine, such as:
Greg-DB
6 years agoDropbox Staff
Thanks for the post, and I'm sorry to hear about the confusion.
You can find the full documentation for the official Dropbox API v2 .NET SDK hosted here:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/R_Project_DotNetApiDocumentation.htm
There are a a number of sections listed in the sidebar. The Dropbox.Api Namespace, for instance, contains top level objects:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/N_Dropbox_Api.htm
For instance, that contains DropboxClient:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/T_Dropbox_Api_DropboxClient.htm
And, for each area of the API, there is a namespace each for the types and routes. For instance, the Dropbox.Api.Files Namespace lists the Files types here:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/N_Dropbox_Api_Files.htm
And the Dropbox.Api.Files.Routes Namespace contains the FilesUserRoutes class:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/N_Dropbox_Api_Files_Routes.htm
The FilesUserRoutes Class lists all of the methods for the Files API routes:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/T_Dropbox_Api_Files_Routes_FilesUserRoutes.htm
For example, that lists DownloadAsync:
And that includes the response type, linking to IDownloadResponse:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/T_Dropbox_Api_Stone_IDownloadResponse_1.htm
Hope this helps!
- PaulELong6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
I suppose that helps me locate teh IDownloadResponse page, but I can't reproduce your path. I can get to the Dropbox_api_files section, but I don't see Routes. In fact if I click on https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/N_Dropbox_Api_Files.htm and search for "routes" on the page, nothing comes up. Further more I don't know how I would have known to click on routes, I'm sure there's some rational, but it doesn't seem obvious to me. BTW, the arrow glyphs on the left side don't always work.
Is there a search functionallity?
- Greg-DB6 years agoDropbox Staff
Thanks for the feedback! Dropbox.Api.Files and Dropbox.Api.Files.Routes are each linked separately in the sidebar at the top level here:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/R_Project_DotNetApiDocumentation.htm
The docs themselves don't have search built in, but you can search the doc site using a web search engine, such as:
- PaulELong6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
That will do, thanks. Maybe somebody could bolt that google link onto the website :)
Paul
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