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Downloading a file from using the Python Dropbox API
Hello,
Sorry for the basic question. I'm updating the code I had for the V1 Python API and I'm having a trouble with the download function. Originally I used the following:
f, metadata = clie...
The files_download method is the closest to what you were using. The files_download_to_file method takes an extra parameter for saving the file locally for you.
So either of these should be equivalent to your old code:
metadata, f = dbx.files_download('/'+ j) out = open(j, 'wb') out.write(f.content) out.close()or just
dbx.files_download_to_file(j, '/'+ j)
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThe files_download method is the closest to what you were using. The files_download_to_file method takes an extra parameter for saving the file locally for you.
So either of these should be equivalent to your old code:
metadata, f = dbx.files_download('/'+ j)
out = open(j, 'wb')
out.write(f.content)
out.close()
or just
dbx.files_download_to_file(j, '/'+ j)
Hi Greg,
I am currently reading multiple files by a for loop and I dont want to keep saving these pdfs on my desktop and then reading them. Is there a way around this where I dont need to download the file?
- Greg-DB
JatinSingh2012 Yes, you can use the files_download method to read the file data without saving it to the local filesystem, like the example here.
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