How to list all files and folders in my dropbox using v2 api

Question

I am using Python SDK and would like to retrieve all of my dropbox files and folders.

I am using v2 of Python SDK of Dropbox.

dbx = Dropbox("DROBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN")
response = dbx.files_list_folder("/Apps/Marketing")
for file in response.entries:
    print file.name

However, I get an error:

dropbox.exceptions.ApiError: ApiError('b0479a07aaa5a9b405862ae75cbf135d', ListFolderError(u'path', LookupError(u'not_found', None)))

While Apps folder exists in Dropbox when I login (prob in root folder)

When I try to list with empty path in order to get root folder folders:

response = dbx.files_list_folder("")

the response entries are empty.

How can I retrieve the list of all files and folders in dropbox v2 api?

The token is the one I generated in OAuth 2 settings in dropbox.

and I gave the token App folder access to a folder under Apps called Marketing.

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '17 at 11:19

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I am using Python SDK and would like to retrieve all of my dropbox files and folders.
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and I gave the token App folder access to a folder under Apps called Marketing.

You should have given your app Full Dropbox access type. With App Folder access type, your app is automatically restricted to the corresponding folder under Apps, and hence all paths passed to files_list_folder() running under that app are interpreted relative to your app's dedicated folder.

answered Feb 07 '17 at 11:19

Leon

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Right, but I have a folder under Apps which I want to retrieve its content. Why I can't retrieve it? I prefer to restrict access – Dejell Feb 07 '17 at 11:30
@Dejell Is your "/Apps/Marketing" folder empty? – Leon Feb 07 '17 at 11:39
@Dejell will you retry running `response = dbx.files_list_folder("")` and confirm that the `response.entries` is empty. – Leon Feb 07 '17 at 12:00
no, my apps name is Marketing2Go, Marketing is the folder under Apps – Dejell Feb 07 '17 at 12:35
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/135069/discussion-between-leon-and-dejell). – Leon Feb 07 '17 at 12:36

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '18 at 11:34

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dbx = Dropbox("DROBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN")
response = dbx.files_list_folder(path=DROPBOX_INPUT_PATH)
print(response)

answered Jun 20 '18 at 11:34

Gowtham Balusamy

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Harsh Verma · Answer 3 · 2023-03-22T19:32:21.587

If you have a large number of files, a simple call to dbx.files_list_folder() will only return a portion of your files -- it returns only 500 files for me. In order to get all the remaining files, you can make use of a cursor along with the dbx.files_list_folder_continue() as follows:

dbx = get_dropbox_client()

folder_path = '' # root folder
all_files = [] # collects all files here
has_more_files = True # because we haven't queried yet
cursor = None # because we haven't queried yet

while has_more_files:
    if cursor is None: # if it is our first time querying
        result = dbx.files_list_folder(folder_path)
    else:
        result = dbx.files_list_folder_continue(cursor)
    all_files.extend(result.entries)
    cursor = result.cursor
    has_more_files = result.has_more
    
print("Number of total files listed: ", len(all_files))
print("All filenames: ", [entry.name for entry in all_files])

How to list all files and folders in my dropbox using v2 api

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