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fge
fge

Reputation: 121760

Can you lookup files by path using the box API?

I am using the Java SDK (version 3.1.7) and cannot seem to find a way to find a file by path; the only way seems to be to walk through the root, check that the name exists, that it is a directory, pick its id, goto 1.

Also, there doesn't seem to be a search option for that either.

So, is it possible at all?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1838

Answers (1)

Greg
Greg

Reputation: 3741

You're correct - the only way to find a file by path is to recursively walk the user's file tree. However, we do have a new beta version of our SDK that makes it easier to iterate over folders. It also includes a small example showing how you would go about walking the user's account.

The reason why the SDK doesn't provide this functionality is because searching for files/folders by path can be really inefficient. It would be really easy to inadvertently call getItemByPath("/path/to/my/file") not realizing it will require at least 4 API requests (at least one for each folder). In general, you should try to access items by their ID instead.

Upvotes: 2

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