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Way to get statistics on all Files and Folders from Dropbox API?
Can anyone suggest if / how I might get statistics on Folders and Files from Dropbox's API?
I'm making a custom visualization of Starred Files and Folders from a Dropbox user account. Specifically showing:
- Starred Files: each File by; Size
- Folders & Sub-folders: each Folder by; Size, # of Files
Id appreciate any guidance on if/how to do this. I'm using their HTTP endpoints in Vue 3. Thanks!
No, the Dropbox API does not offer functionality like that either. Like with total sizes/counts, you'd need to list everything and apply whatever sorting/filtering you want in your code. We'll consider this a feature request as well.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74183804/way-to-get-statistics-on-all-files-and-folders-from-dropbox-api ]
Unfortunately the Dropbox API doesn't offer functionality for these specific queries. It currently does not offer a way to list starred items, to get the total size of the contents of a folder, or to get the total count of items in a folder. I'll pass these along as feature requests, but I can't promise if or when they might be implemented.
To get the total size and count inside a particular folder, you'd need to use to /2/files/list_folder[/continue] with "recursive" set to "true" to list everything and then sum/count the items with your own code. (You can set the "path" to the empty string "" to list the root folder.)
Hey thanks for this! I appreciate the answer.
Okay so it look like this need more figuring out - either using your approach below or the approach you described for downloading all content.
In meantime, can you advise on one last question; is there a way to retrieve recently modified files?
Thanks!
- Greg-DB
No, the Dropbox API does not offer functionality like that either. Like with total sizes/counts, you'd need to list everything and apply whatever sorting/filtering you want in your code. We'll consider this a feature request as well.
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