C# Dropbox: Dropbox List Contents of Folder

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Starts returning the contents of a folder. If the result's ListFolderResult.has_more field is true, call list_folder/continue with the returned ListFolderResult.cursor to retrieve more entries.

Documentation: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"path\": \"/Homework/math\",\"recursive\": false,\"include_media_info\": false,\"include_deleted\": false,\"include_has_explicit_shared_members\": false,\"include_mounted_folders\": true}"

C# Example

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();
bool success;

//  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder
bool bTls = true;
int port = 443;
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("api.dropboxapi.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " + Convert.ToString(rest.ConnectFailReason));
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("path","/Homework/math");
json.UpdateBool("recursive",false);
json.UpdateBool("include_media_info",false);
json.UpdateBool("include_deleted",false);
json.UpdateBool("include_has_explicit_shared_members",false);
json.UpdateBool("include_mounted_folders",true);

rest.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN");
rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbRequestBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/2/files/list_folder",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

int respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
    Debug.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject jsonResponse = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

//  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code
int i;
int count_i;

string cursor = jsonResponse.StringOf("cursor");
bool has_more = jsonResponse.BoolOf("has_more");
i = 0;
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("entries");
while (i < count_i) {
    jsonResponse.I = i;
    string Tag = jsonResponse.StringOf("entries[i].\".tag\"");
    string name = jsonResponse.StringOf("entries[i].name");
    string path_lower = jsonResponse.StringOf("entries[i].path_lower");
    string path_display = jsonResponse.StringOf("entries[i].path_display");
    string id = jsonResponse.StringOf("entries[i].id");
    string client_modified = jsonResponse.StringOf("entries[i].client_modified");
    string server_modified = jsonResponse.StringOf("entries[i].server_modified");
    string rev = jsonResponse.StringOf("entries[i].rev");
    int size = jsonResponse.IntOf("entries[i].size");
    string content_hash = jsonResponse.StringOf("entries[i].content_hash");
    i = i + 1;
}

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "entries": [
    {
      ".tag": "file",
      "name": "Matrices.txt",
      "path_lower": "/homework/math/matrices.txt",
      "path_display": "/Homework/math/Matrices.txt",
      "id": "id:qk7WwvROeSAAAAAAAAAAAQ",
      "client_modified": "2016-06-02T20:41:02Z",
      "server_modified": "2016-06-02T20:41:03Z",
      "rev": "5482db15f",
      "size": 6,
      "content_hash": "5a3c776e2631edabe2ba710ac72301b3aeca821ba4f7d36b56cc6050ea6c2ba8"
    },
    {
      ".tag": "file",
      "name": "Document.docx",
      "path_lower": "/homework/math/document.docx",
      "path_display": "/Homework/math/Document.docx",
      "id": "id:JSXYsxHo1hAAAAAAAAAABw",
      "client_modified": "2018-10-22T21:59:23Z",
      "server_modified": "2018-10-22T21:59:23Z",
      "rev": "10482db15f",
      "size": 11009,
      "content_hash": "ab9c1887a653a8f42e4401425ac02839e1f76533e1d44ac8d0605d870a16c25d"
    }
  ],
  "cursor": "AAHnmmjY1IztwebFmkByuZ_Vgzz-tSYXYE3KhdkUxBfETpGjPqTBz7ZzBj1G7zkPPVanKCt0FtzqXjDQ2ggQKYZTiL4mJ346fRelmP049QjN5CZzeMHbD_lSFqA96Br36vR9YLg40VAHu42TcCG38MbUPOCKa-wdguu5C1JsgYvIaXIcjRMCfbxz98JdYhhefmu0pjoxtgtCstOrmp_pXIng",
  "has_more": false
}