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dega
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9 years ago
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API V2 Modified date for specific revision of a file in Python

Hi, I am trying to get the metadata for a specific revision of a file,  with V1 I used to do:   metadata = client.metadata(FileName, list=False, file_limit=1, hash=None, rev=revN, include_deleted...
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    Greg-DB
    9 years ago

    In this example, you would call like this:

     

    dbx.files_download('rev:2bc3d561afc23')

    You don't need to specify the file path itself. You just need the "rev:abc123" format. The rev string actually identifies the file without the use of the path.

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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

In this example, you would call like this:

 

dbx.files_download('rev:2bc3d561afc23')

You don't need to specify the file path itself. You just need the "rev:abc123" format. The rev string actually identifies the file without the use of the path.

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dega
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9 years ago
aaaah! this was not so easy to understand from the guide (at least for me).
Thanks!!!

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