Why is there a difference? #1159

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1. c-rei

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3. lukaszsocha2 commented on Nov 5, 2024

   

   lukaszsocha2

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   Hi,
   the reason for this happening is that FolderMini doesn't have defined path_collection field and therefore when it arrives in the response from get_folder_items method, it is not deserialised to any object, but returned as a dict. We will make our effort to change the type of entries field in Items (https://developer.box.com/reference/resources/items/) to be either Folder or FolderFull. Both of them contain path_collection field.
   In the meantime I advice you to make another get_folder_by_id call to get path_collection field - that way it will be always an object. Alternatively you can use raw_data field ro access full response as a dict.
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   @lukaszsocha2
4. c-rei commented on Nov 5, 2024

   

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   Hi, @lukaszsocha2
   Thanks for your response and advise.
   Because I hove to treat a lot of items, so I want to reduce API calls as much as possible.
   Then I still need to judge them when I use them.

   Best,
   @c-rei
5. lukaszsocha2 commented on Nov 5, 2024

   

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   Hi @c-rei,
   did you consider using raw_data as a temporary workaround? There it will be always a dict.

       root_folder: FolderFull = client.folders.get_folder_by_id('0')
       folder_items: Items = client.folders.get_folder_items(root_folder.id, fields=['path_collection'])
       for i, item in enumerate(folder_items.entries):
           print(folder_items.raw_data['entries'][i]['path_collection'])
   

   Best,
   @lukaszsocha2
6. c-rei commented on Nov 6, 2024

   

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   Hi, @lukaszsocha2,
   Surely, I should use raw_data, because not only path_collection, but also other fields, for example created_at etc.
   The date type fields all are different (Datetime or ISO string).

   Thanks a lot.
   Best,
   @c-rei
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