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suzuka
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8 years ago
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How to add webhook in simple java project

I have used Java SDK to develop simple upload, download methods. Now I want to add support of webhooks in the same project. I don't find a good example for that anywhere. I don't want to move my proj...
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    Greg-DB
    8 years ago
    You can find the documentation for webhooks here:

    https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/webhooks

    Receiving webhooks isn't dependent on what, if any, Dropbox SDK you use, so the official Dropbox SDKs don't offer resources for it. Once you register a Dropbox webhook URI, Dropbox will send a POST request to the URI you registered when something changes in any of the accounts linked to your app. You can use whatever web framework you want for handling that, just like any other HTTP request.
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Greg-DB
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8 years ago
You can find the documentation for webhooks here:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/webhooks

Receiving webhooks isn't dependent on what, if any, Dropbox SDK you use, so the official Dropbox SDKs don't offer resources for it. Once you register a Dropbox webhook URI, Dropbox will send a POST request to the URI you registered when something changes in any of the accounts linked to your app. You can use whatever web framework you want for handling that, just like any other HTTP request.

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