the backend route returns 2 fields: metadata and data. The metadata is related to the pagination, and the data is the actual list of files. We want to get the list of files here only, or else other parts of the code will break.

Author: tcnichol

pyclowder/datasets.py

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def get_file_list(connector, host, key, datasetid):
     datasetid -- the dataset to get filelist of
     """
     client = ClowderClient(host=host, key=key)
-    file_list = datasets.get_file_list(connector, client, datasetid)
+    file_list = datasets.get_file_list(connector, client, datasetid)['data']
     return file_list