Listing a folder

Listing the root folder via curl

This lists the root folder, which is identified by the empty string "" for Dropbox API v2, using curl, using /files/list_folder:

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"path\": \"\"}"

<ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with the OAuth 2 access token.

Note that the response may contain has_more=true, in which case your app should call back to /files/list_folder/continue to continue getting more entries.

Listing the root folder via curl in PHP and the cURL extension

<?php

$parameters = array('path' => '','include_deleted' => true,'recursive' => true);

$headers = array('Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>',
                 'Content-Type: application/json');

$curlOptions = array(
        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => $headers,
        CURLOPT_POST => true,
        CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($parameters),
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_VERBOSE => true
    );

$ch = curl_init('https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder');
curl_setopt_array($ch, $curlOptions);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;

curl_close($ch);

?>

Note that the response may contain has_more=true, in which case your app should call back to /files/list_folder/continue to continue getting more entries.

<ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with the OAuth 2 access token.

Listing the root folder using the SwiftyDropbox library, distinguishing files and folders in the response

Dropbox.authorizedClient!.files.listFolder(path: "").response { response, error in
    print("*** List folder ***")
    if let result = response {
        print("Folder contents:")
        for entry in result.entries {
            print(entry.name)
            if let file = entry as? Files.FileMetadata {
                print("\tThis is a file with path: \(file.pathLower) and size: \(file.size)")
            } else if let folder = entry as? Files.FolderMetadata {
                print("\tThis is a folder with path: \(folder.pathLower)")
            }
        }
    } else if let callError = error {
        switch callError {
        case .RouteError(let boxed, _):
            switch boxed.unboxed {
            case .Path(let lookupError):
                print("lookupError:")
                print(lookupError)
            case .Other:
                print("Other")
            }
        default:
            print("default")
        }
    }
}

Note that the response may contain ListFolderResult.hasMore=true, in which case your app should call back using listFolderContinue to continue getting more entries.

Attempting to list a non-existant folder using the SwiftyDropbox library, as an example of error handling

// List folder
Dropbox.authorizedClient!.files.listFolder(path: "/nonexistantpath").response { response, error in
    print("*** List folder ***")
    if let result = response {
        print("Folder contents:")
        for entry in result.entries {
            print(entry.name)
        }
    } else if let callError = error {
        switch callError {
        case .RouteError(let boxed, _):
            switch boxed.unboxed {
            case .Path(let lookupError):
                print("lookupError:")
                print(lookupError)
            case .Other:
                print("Other")
            }
        default:
            print("default")
        }
    }
}

File Listing using PHP and cURL extension

<?php

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CAINFO, "cacert.pem");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"path\":\"/<FOLDER PATH>\"}");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

$headers = array();
$headers[] = "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>";
$headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close ($ch);


$json = json_decode($result, true);
foreach ($json['entries'] as $data) {
    echo 'File Name: ' . $data['name'];
}

?>

Note that the response may contain has_more=true, in which case your app should call back to /files/list_folder/continue to continue getting more entries.

<ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with the OAuth 2 access token.