Re: Get list of files in folders inside shared folders

Question

Hi, it seems a bit old post, but I will try 🙂.

So it is not possible to download a shared file using the Dropbox library for Python?

If I use "files_download_to_file", I only see as "entry" the container folder but not the file that it contains. From the web I can see the folder and the file inside.
Any idea?

mdiazl · Accepted Answer

@10 Using " files_download_to_file" looks like it is not able to find the file shared. So I used the function to list all files that are within a folder ("files_list_folder") to be sure that the file was there, at this point,  I realized that it only returns me as entry the name of the folder.

I tried also several options modifying its parameters such as "include_has_explicit_shared_members" or "include_mounted_folders" but the result was the same.
The authentication was another war but finally it was solved.
For the file, I created shared_link(with the user of the app) and it works correctly, I don't know why the first approach doesn't work, in any case now it is working.
Thanks for your time.