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rk90
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7 years ago

Calculating the size of all deleted files

I had posted a similar question in the past and was told that I need to call `/2/files/list_revisions` to calculate the size of the deleted files. I collect the list of deleted items by listing each ...
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Greg-DB
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7 years ago

Thanks for the detailed feedback!

For listing revisions of files, /2/files/list_revisions does support namespace-relative paths directly. (I.e., supply the "path" parameter as "ns:12345678/relative/path/to/file".) Perhaps that would work better for your use case?

rk90's avatar
rk90
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

I've already tried namespace relative path (ns:<namespace_id>/relative/path/to/file) but still got 409.

How long do you think it will take for you guys to implement a better reporting API where we can simply run the report to calculate the size of deleted items rather than calling `list_revisions` on each item. When do you think the fix to return the type of the deleted item will be implemented? Are works on these feature requests progress?

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    Greg-DB
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    7 years ago

    Can you share the code and parameters you're using, and the output you're getting in that case? That way I can take a look and see what the issue may be. (Make sure you check the response body for the error. I suspect it's 'not_found' in this case, but it always good to check to be sure.)

    I've sent your feature requests along to the team, but I can't promise if or when they would be implemented. 

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