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bb-jacin
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3 years ago

/files/search_v2 returning files that are not in the specified 'path'

Hi, I am experiencing an issue with API requests to /files/search_v2 (and /files_search) where files are being returned that are outside of the specified 'path' option that is being sent with the API...
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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

Yes, the search results are subject to delays and staleness due to indexing/caching, which can result in this behavior for moved files. This should automatically catch up after a short time.

 

For more definitive results not subject to this, you may want to use /2/files/list_folder[/continue] instead.

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