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Timm S.'s avatar
Timm S.
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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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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

Hi Timm, Richard's correct, the Dropbox API doesn't exactly have a concept of a sync being "done". When the Dropbox servers receive a change, (e.g., a single file upload via a single API call) it just sends off a webhook notification to let you know about it. Dropbox doesn't know if there are further changes coming, so it doesn't know to hold off on webhook notifications.

If you want to batch things together on your side, I would also recommend you "debounce" the notifications like Richard described.

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