Programmatically download a project’s files based on its id using Python rest APIs

Version/Environment (if relevant):

This applies to all versions of Domino.

Issue:

You need a way to programmatically download all project files using an automated script.

Resolution:

1. Download the attached Download_project_files.py file at the bottom of this article to a new folder where you want to download all your project files to.

2. In the file, enter these 3 items:

• Line 5: Your API key
• Line 6: Host name of your Domino deployment without the trailing slash (/), e.g. https://deploymentname.domino.tech
• Line 64: Your Project id

3. Save your changes.

4. In a terminal, cdover to the folder where you want to download all your project files. 

5. Run python3 Download_project_files.py

6. Check your folder and confirm that the files match those in your Project Files.

Notes/Information:

Troubleshooting

If you get this error:

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

then install python with xcode-select --install

If you get these errors: 

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'requests’

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'domino’

Then run pip3 install requests dominodatalab

If you get this error: <Response [404]>

Then check your host URL. If there is a trailing slash at the end of the URL, remove it.

How do I find my Project ID?

From your Project page, right-click to pull up Chrome Inspect > switch to the Network tab > refresh the page> click on findProjectByOwnerAndName > copy the value for "id" on the first line.

References/Internal Records:

• PS-9500