Re: Retrieve with a File limit and File count

Question

I'm looking for a way to get the count of entries from this python api call: e=dbx.files_list_folder('/myfolder').entries None of the following work: >>> print(e.count) >>> print(e.size) Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'size' >>> print(e.list) Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'list' I can iterate and increment in a for loop but would prefer to use an existing method: i=0 for entry in dbx.files_list_folder('/myfolder').entries: i=i+1 print(i) Is there a way to get the count of the files returned without actually iterating through the list?

Greg-DB · Accepted Answer

The ListFolderResult.entries returned by files_list_folder is a 'list' so you can use Python's 'len' function to get its length, like this:

print(len(dbx.files_list_folder('/myfolder').entries))

Please note though that you're not guaranteed to get all of the files/folders in a particular folder back in a single call to files_list_folder. If ListFolderResult.has_more is 'true' you need to call back to files_list_folder_continue for more entries. Check out the files_list_folder documentation for more information.