Retrieving all Assets from a folder in the Content Builder

[valoote]

Hello folks,

First I want to thank Jörn and Doug as this tool is amazing, especially when dealing with multiple BUs.

My request for today:

I have a folder at the root of the Content Builder containing a bunch of assets that I'm using for an email template.

Is there a way to filter the retrieve command to only download assets from that folder (and its subfolders if any)?

Thank you!

[JoernBerkefeld]

hi @valoote thank you for your patience!
Yes, there is an option: the --like option, to be exact. Try running something like this:

The following will empty your retrieve/cred/bu/asset folder and then ONLY save assets that sit directly in my/folder or a subfolder of my/folder, e.g. my/folder/otherFolder

mcdev r cred/bu asset --like.r__folder_Path "Content Builder/my/folder%"

The following will empty your retrieve/cred/bu/asset folder and then ONLY save assets that sit in a subfolder of my/folder, e.g. my/folder/otherFolder. Note the trailing forward-slash which makes sure nothing directly in my/folder will be saved to your disk

mcdev r cred/bu asset --like.r__folder_Path "Content Builder/my/folder/%"

Note that it still downloads everything and THEN decides what to actually save to disk.