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Ankita W.'s avatar
Ankita W.
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10 years ago

How to get last modified date for folders in Dropbox V2 API ?

Hi, I am trying migrate from v1 to v2 and get to the user's root folder and view all the list of files and folders with last modified date. I am passing "https://api.dropbox.com/2/files/list_folder"...
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Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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9 years ago
No, unfortunately I don't have any news on this request.
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haktech
Explorer | Level 3
9 years ago

Hey Greg K., I'm really getting confused between the ClientModifiedDate and ServerModifiedDate. Can you please help me to figure this out? I have been testing this and each time i updated a file via the API, i noticed both of them were being updated with exactly the same datetime value..

 

What is the difference between them? In my app, i have filters and one of these is filtering by modified date. Which one is more accurate to refer to, ClientModifiedDate or ServerModifiedDate? The modified date that is showing in the Dropbox portal, is the server one or client one?

 

Thanks.

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

    haktech You can find descriptions of client_modified and server_modified under the documentation for FileMetadata, e.g., under the return value documentation for /2/files/get_metadata.

     

    In short, the server_modified time is the time from the server when the file was modified. This is more trustworthy, since only the Dropbox server can set this.

     

    The client_modified time is supplied by the client, and not verified by the server, so it should only be used for display purposes.

     

    You can set the client_modified time explicitly, by using the client_modified parameter when uploading files, e.g., via /2/files/upload. If that isn't supplied, client_modified will automatically be set to the same as server_modified.

     

    The dropbox.com site displays the client_modified value.

    • PowZone's avatar
      PowZone
      New member | Level 2
      7 years ago

      Hello,
      I need the last modification date on folders too.

      Any news on this feature?

      thanks

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

        PowZone No, unfortunately I don't have any news on this.

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