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Joel T.11's avatar
Joel T.11
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

Folder rename

What is the best way to detect a folder rename using the API?

I'm creating webhook.

Thanks

API

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    9 years ago

    Hi Joel, the "id" for a folder will stay the same through a rename, so you can store the "id"s for the files/folders in an account, and then find the new metadata entries with previously known ids from the response of each further call to /files/list_folder/continue.

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