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adityadsq
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3 years ago

search with file tags api

i am trying to get the list of files based on tags using search api. when i search file name it return the data but not with the tags. please help
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Greg-DB
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adityadsq
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Hi Greg,

Thanks for your response.

 

Let me explain the requirement in-detailed:We have a set of videos and images added in Dropbox in various folders. Every file is associated with some tagnames. Further, I’ve developed a web page where it has a search box and entering a keyword, it should pickup all the files from dropbox. I am using 2/files/search_v2 API. It is working fine when I search with the file name/title. But it is not considering the tagnames. How can I implement this? Apart from the filename/title, it should return the relevant videos/pictures when searched with tag names as well. Hope this clarifies. Thanks in advance!

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      adityadsq
      Explorer | Level 3
      3 years ago

      Hi,

       

      I want to search and retrieve files with tag names. search_tags key is returning key not found error. 

      when i search in dropbox with tag names it was showing the files that matches to the tag names. 

      but in the same condition is not working in the api (https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/search_v2). i have given all the parameters required. 

      Parameters: 

      {
          "query": "test",
          "options": {
              "path": "pathname",
              "max_results": 10,
              "image_content_search": false,
              "order_by": {
                  ".tag": "relevance"
              },
              "reverse_order": false
          },
          "match_field_options": {
              "include_highlights": false
          }
      }

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