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.NET Compare files on disk with those on the cloud and download files that different
Hello,
As in the topic, I want to do a program that will compare files that are on the computer and those on the dropbox and only download files that do not match. I never programming API for dropbox and I dont know how start.
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45805431/c-sharp-compare-files-on-disk-with-those-on-the-cloud-and-download-files-that-di ]
If you're using .NET, we recommend using the official Dropbox API v2 .NET SDK:
https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-dotnet
There's a guide there for getting started.
For your use case in particular, you can list files in any folder using listFolder:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/M_Dropbox_Api_Files_Routes_FilesUserRoutes_ListFolderAsync_1.htm
You can check the returned FileMetadata.ContentHash and compare with your local copy:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/P_Dropbox_Api_Files_FileMetadata_ContentHash.htm
You can find information on computing the content hash value for your local files here:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/content-hash
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