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Retrieve folders recursively

I'm using 2/files/list_folder and 2/files/list_folder/continue.

However, there are a couple hundred thousand files here which makes it nearly impossible to get a simple folder structure. Having to parse a huge JSON response looking for .tag="folder", especially over multiple cursors, is untenable.

Is there a way to add a filter to this request to retrieve only ".tag": "folder" entries?

Thanks,

Chris

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schmidtc63

I even tried this:

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/search_v2 \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <MYTOKEN>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Dropbox-Api-Select-User: dbmid:AACFxh5TjXXXXXXXXXX' \
  --data '{"query":"","options":{"path":"/kickee images","file_extensions":[],"file_categories":[{".tag":"folder"}]}}'

It has been running for 2 hours now.

DB-Des

Hi @schmidtc63,

It currently is not possible to add a filter to requests made to /2/files/list_folder/[continue], but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.

DB-Des

Hi @schmidtc63

In order for us to further look into this issue for you, please provide us with 5-10 different 'X-Dropbox-Request-Id' response header values.

schmidtc63

82ec54c5c3b743908fefe5f173c7f733
db4ae57b2363494691c87d39a4e45eb6
9092796f78e84dd98dfcc0aba5804681
b42a5895caaf49a4b43bb6ded61c5f04
4972555c763f477daf1924461caf4917
14df185844cf42d3974161bb7312fc40
42c0e1e7f15a45bc86899670e212662f
2ab204b09fa946749d1d196ed4db96b5
88a2d426a9d746a1ae86f3970ae6eed2
2043063e6016487184d84c7e133330c3
ba9cfe7941324e21a40452b4c03de7c2
086ea9a155c84a5db66e5411d741dbc7
254f6e94120642a79f81f94c49a37f3a
5efd5192c3464011b939e5945f907c5a
40872e1887d443a49f080d991d639f7b
eda6a0fa2c2d4a9b9f1560fe675b0b81
05931c9a34044f3aa9f9421c374eb168
3305131cd167471fb97a08cd1438af5e
6d1ece04b2964b2ab01dc6d41c08a8bd

schmidtc63

Is that what you needed?

DB-Des

@schmidtc63

Thank you for that information.

After taking a closer look at your request to the /2/files/search_v2 endpoint, it appears that the the reason it’s not working as expected is that the 'query' parameter is missing from your request.

For the /2/files/search_v2 endpoint, the 'query' parameter is not optional. If you add a value to this parameter and try again, you should get a response.

schmidtc63

Ok. Maybe generate an error if the query is required? However, I was simply trying to get all entries with a "file_categories":[{".tag":"folder"}], regardless of the name of the file. Is there no way to do a wildcard search?

DB-Des

@schmidtc63

The ability to do a wildcard search isn't currently available on the Dropbox API, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.