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List folders at root (list_folder v2 API)

Mario P.18

Is it possible to list the contents of the Dropbox root directory from the v2 APIs?

Calling the list_folder endpoint as follows yields an error:

curl -H 'authorization: Bearer ****' -H 'content-type: application/json' 'https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder' -d '{ "path": "/" }'

{"error_summary": "path/malformed_path/", "error": {".tag": "path", "path": {".tag": "malformed_path"}}}

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Greg-DB

Hi Mario, you can certainly list the contents of the root. The root is identified by the empty string, ", and not a single slash, "/", though. So, you just need to call with this instead:

-d '{ "path": " }'

Mario P.18

@Gregory

Unfortunately, I tried that earlier and received the following error which appears like a missed case in the validation regex:

Error in call to API function "sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings": request body: path: '' did not match pattern '((/|id:).*)|(rev:[0-9a-f]{9,})'

Greg-DB

Based on that error, you got that from the /sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings endpoint. That's expected for that endpoint, as you can't create a shared link for the root. Your original question was about /files/list_folder, where the empty string should work to represent root.

Mario P.18

Indeed you are correct - I must not have tested the empty-space against the list_folder command before posting.

It was, however, my intention to try and create a share at the root of my Dropbox. Looking through the user interface, however, it doesn't appear like this is a valid operation.

Thanks for taking the time and following up.

Cheers