Download folders/files by name using pythonSDK

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omal

• December 09, 2018 19:02

Hi,

 

Is there a way to download files/folders by name? It is possible to download using the folderid/fileid. But I wanna method to download by using the name.

 

Thank you in advance.

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  RobinDeSchepper

  • December 10, 2018 04:04

  You can use the Search endpoint or you can search through the names in an item_collection of a folder and go down the path tree that way.

   

  https://developer.box.com/reference#searching-for-content

  https://developer.box.com/docs/search-for-content

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  omal

  • December 12, 2018 18:39

  I tried this method but I didn't get the file information.  Check the code I have used, 

   

  search_term = 'Welcome to Box.pdf'
  type = 'file'  # file, folder, or web_link
  limit = 10
  offset = 0
  
  # Set search config fields
  content = client.search().query(search_term, result_type=type, limit=limit, offset=offset)
  print(content.__dict__)

  Output: 

  {'_session': , '_url': 'https://api.box.com/2.0/search', '_limit': 10, '_fields': None, '_additional_params': {'query': 'Welcome to Box.pdf', 'type': 'file'}, '_return_full_pages': False, '_has_retrieved_all_items': False, '_all_items': None, '_offset': 0}

   

  Item did not get searched. What is the mistake I have done? Please explain.

   

  Thank you in advance.

   

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