Download Zip

POST

https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download_zip

Download a folder from the user’s Dropbox, as a zip file. The folder must be less than 20 GB in size and any single file within must be less than 4 GB in size. The resulting zip must have fewer than 10,000 total file and folder entries, including the top level folder. The input cannot be a single file. Note: this endpoint does not support HTTP range requests.

Required scope: files.content.read

Endpoint format: Content-download

Authentication: User

Download a folder from the user's Dropbox, as a zip file. The folder must be less than 20 GB in size and any single file within must be less than 4 GB in size. The resulting zip must have fewer than 10,000 total file and folder entries, including the top level folder. The input cannot be a single file. Note: this endpoint does not support HTTP range requests. **Required scope:** `files.content.read` **Endpoint format:** [Content-download](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/technical-reference/request-response-formats#content-download-endpoints) **Authentication:** [User](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/auth-types#user-authentication)

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

OAuth 2.0 token issued to a specific user. Use Authorization: Bearer <token>.

Public clients should use the authorization code flow with PKCE (S256).

For background or offline access, send token_access_type=offline during authorization and use the returned refresh token to obtain new access tokens.

You can generate a short-lived access token from the App Console; see Testing with a generated token.

OAuth 2.0 token issued to a specific user. Use `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. Public clients should use the authorization code flow with PKCE (S256). For background or offline access, send `token_access_type=offline` during authorization and use the returned refresh token to obtain new access tokens. You can generate a short-lived access token from the App Console; see [Testing with a generated token](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/oauth#testing-with-a-generated-token).

Headers

Dropbox-API-Path-RootstringOptional

Scopes path-based operations to a namespace (root). The value is a JSON serialization of the common.PathRoot union: {".tag": "home"}, {".tag": "root", "root": "<namespace_id>"}, or {".tag": "namespace_id", "namespace_id": "<namespace_id>"}. On failure the request returns 422 with a common.PathRootError.

Scopes path-based operations to a namespace (root). The value is a JSON serialization of the `common.PathRoot` union: `{".tag": "home"}`, `{".tag": "root", "root": "<namespace_id>"}`, or `{".tag": "namespace_id", "namespace_id": "<namespace_id>"}`. On failure the request returns 422 with a `common.PathRootError`.

Response headers

Dropbox-API-Resultobject

JSON-encoded result metadata.

X-Dropbox-Request-IdstringOptional

A unique identifier for the request, useful for debugging and support.

Response

Successful response

Errors

401

Unauthorized Error

403

Forbidden Error

409

Conflict Error

429

Too Many Requests Error

500

Internal Server Error