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Entries Count Differs from Requested Limit
I'm using the /list_folder endpoint using the Dropbox-API-Path-Root header to display content from a team with shared dropbox. When I use the limit parameter with a value of 20 this returns 16 entrie...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThe page size returned by /2/files/list_folder or /2/files/list_folder/continue is not guaranteed, and the 'limit' parameter is the "maximum number of results to return per request". As that is only intended as a maximum, the server will attempt to not return more than that per page, but it is not guaranteed to return exactly that amount per page. Additionally, as you noted, in some cases it may even return slightly more than that amount per page.
Regardless of the number of returned entries on any given page and also regardless of the specified 'limit' value, the app should always check the returned 'has_more' value to determine if it should call back to /2/files/list_folder/continue to get more results. Please refer to the documentation linked above for information on using that.
While factual, and as evidenced by my observations, this doesn't help me understand why I might expect 16. Are some removed from the results after the page is selected? Is there something I can do to help fit specific files into pages?
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