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get_metadata last modified user
The /2/files/get_metadata endpoint gives the following metadata properties for files:
.tag, name, path_lower, path_display, id, client_modified, server_modified, rev, size
It does not return the id of the user that did the last modification. Can this information be obtained? When the file has been shared, the docs suggest there is a sharing_info.modified_by property. Does this mean that we should assume the user who modified the file was the owner of the dropbox if the sharing_info.modified_by property does not exist?
Furthermore, client_modified is not available for folders (i.e. .tag = 'folder'). Does this metadata exist and can be obtained?
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
The sharing_info property is only set "if this file is contained in a shared folder". If it isn't set, that means the file isn't in a shared folder, so yes, that user would have to be the modifier.
And no, unfortunately API v2 doesn't currently offer modified time for folders, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request.
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