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file list from shared folder dropbox rest api python

venkate

I need to create a data frame out of attributes and share URL of all the files in a directory and its sub-directories

the code am using is

for entry in dbx.files_list_folder('/2.info_copy',recursive=True).entries:

if(str(type(dbx.files_get_metadata(entry.path_lower))) == "<class 'dropbox.files.FileMetadata'>"😞

shared_link_metadata = dbx.sharing_create_shared_link(entry.path_lower)

d.append(

{

'Name': entry.name,

'Folder Path': entry.path_lower,

'Link': shared_link_metadata.url,

'client_modified' : str(entry.client_modified),

'server_modified' : str(entry.server_modified),

'size' : entry.size,

'content_hash' : entry.content_hash

})

df = pd.DataFrame(d)

I am new to the dropbox API and not sure if can get the list of files from the shared folder.

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Greg-DB

You can use the API to list the files in any folder in the connected account, whether or not the folder is shared. I recommend reading the File Access Guide and Team Files Guide for reference.

Looking at your code, there are a few things to note:

You are not guaranteed to get everything back in one call to files_list_folder. You need to implement files_list_folder_continue as well. Refer to the documentation linked there for more information.
The sharing_create_shared_link method is deprecated. Please use sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings instead.
The sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings method is only for creating new links, and will raise an error if a link already exists for the item. You can use sharing_list_shared_links to get existing shared links for items.

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Greg-DB

You can use the API to list the files in any folder in the connected account, whether or not the folder is shared. I recommend reading the File Access Guide and Team Files Guide for reference.

Looking at your code, there are a few things to note:

You are not guaranteed to get everything back in one call to files_list_folder. You need to implement files_list_folder_continue as well. Refer to the documentation linked there for more information.
The sharing_create_shared_link method is deprecated. Please use sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings instead.
The sharing_create_shared_link_with_settings method is only for creating new links, and will raise an error if a link already exists for the item. You can use sharing_list_shared_links to get existing shared links for items.

sakoht

It would be really great to see the snip of code that actually accomplishes what the OP describes above. Pointing to the manual is way less helpful, as it spends a bunch of time on abstractions. Please just show the code? You have to do DropboxTeam() instead of Dropbox(). The methods are different. Listing things gives back an object that isn't iterable, doesn't seem to contain a list. This may be obvious to someone ...but not to someone who didn't write it.

sakoht

This StackOverflow has a code snip:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59877833/download-files-from-dropbox-team-folder-using-python-sdk

If this has to be this complicated to list the top-level of a team folder, it would be great to have it somewhere clearly visible in the docs as an example!