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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. Specifica...
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.
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
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffNo, 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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