Python API V2 Metadata of root folder

Question

Hello,

I see here that the previous version of the API had a way to check for the metadata of the root folder, but it seems that for this version of the API it is not supported. Is there anyway in particular that I could access that in the root folder? Thank you.

Greg-DB · Accepted Answer

Yes, you should use files_list_folder and files_list_folder_continue to list the contents of any folder, including root. The root path is identified by the empty string "".

Greg-DB · Accepted Answer

The ListFolderResult.entries array contains Metadata objects. These can represent files, folders, or deleted items.  The entry would be a FileMetadata, FolderMetadata, or DeletedMetadata, respectively. These are all subclasses of Metadata, but size is only available on FileMetadata.

So, you should do something like this:

for entry in client.files_list_folder("").entries:
    print(entry.name)
    if isinstance(entry, dropbox.files.FileMetadata):
        print(entry.size)