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Timm S.'s avatar
Timm S.
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

A way to delayed webhooks or determine when a sync operation is completed?

I'm integrating Dropbox with GotDone, the time tracking assistant that helps you keep track of everything you've worked on automatically. I'm running into an issue with webhooks, particularly when ...
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Richard P.'s avatar
Richard P.
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9 years ago

The problem you really have is that Dropbox sees each separate file action as a "sync operation", hence you receiving a webhook event for each file being deleted - if you want to fudge a concept such as a transaction onto the way Dropbox works then you arent really going to have much luck Im afraid.

You are going to have to determine a period of time which constitutes an "end of sync" which suits you, and just assume it that way when no more callbacks are fired within that period.

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