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hemancuso
Explorer | Level 3
10 years ago

API v2 - set metadata/mtime

With the API v2 preview underway, I'd really really love a way to set the mtime and other associated metadata for a particular file. Having it always stamped to whatever the server has makes developi...
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Anton Schegg's avatar
Anton Schegg
New member | Level 2
10 years ago

I also vote for this. I tried implementing a service to mirror a specific dropbox folder some years ago with api v1 and as a realized that I can't set the date at the dropbox side I've canceled the project.

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