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NeethuMichael
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10 years ago
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Case sensitivity of path_display while creating folders using Dropbox client

If I create nested folders using dropbox client (mixed case) and call list_folder end point (https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder) with recursive=true,   path_display case is only preserve...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

Yes, unfortunately due to some specifics of how Dropbox is implemented, not all of the path components can be guaranteed to have the expected casing. 

 

You can find more information on this in the "Path formats" section under:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#formats

 

There's also some information in the documentation for "path_display" if you expand "FileMetadata, e.g., under: 

 

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_metadata

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NeethuMichael
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10 years ago

Thanks for the response

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